Xochicoatlán
Municipality and town
Coat of arms of Xochicoatlán
Coat of arms
Location of the municipality of Xochicoatlán in the state of Hidalgo.
Location of the municipality of Xochicoatlán in the state of Hidalgo.
Xochicoatlán is located in Mexico
Xochicoatlán
Xochicoatlán
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 20°46′36″N 98°40′48″W / 20.77667°N 98.68000°W / 20.77667; -98.68000
Country Mexico
StateHidalgo
Municipal seatXochicoatlán
Government
Labor Party
 • MayorElda Ramírez Maya
(2020-2024)
Area
 • Total159.3 km2 (61.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total7,015
 • Density397/km2 (1,030/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-06:00
Area code774

Xochicoatlán is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 159.3 km².

As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 7,015.[1]

Toponymy

The word Xochicoatlán comes from Náhuatl Xóchitl 'flower' and cuauhtl 'tree'; so its meaning is "Place of the viper flower".[note 1][2][3]

Geography

Relief and hydrographic

As for physiography it is located within the province of Sierra Madre Oriental; within the Carso Huasteco subprovince.[4] Its territory is sierra (70.0%) and Meseta (30.0%).[4]

Regarding its geology it corresponds to the Jurassic period (46.3%), Permian (16), Triassic (13.0%), Cretaceous (12.0%) and neogene (12.0%).[4] With extrusive igneous type rocks: acid tuff (7.0%) and basalt (4.3%) Sedimentary: shale-sandstone (38.0%), limestone-shale ( 26.0%), sandstone-conglomerate (13.0%) and limestone (11.0%).[4] Regarding pedology the dominant soil is leptosol (35.0%), luvisol (23.3%), umbrisol (30.5%), cambisol (7.5%) and regosol (3.0%).[4]

Regarding hydrology it is positioned in the hydrological region of the Pánuco (3.0%); in the basins of the Moctezuma River; within the subbasin of the Los Hules River.[4]

Climate

The municipality presents a variety of climates, Humid temperate with rain all year round (59.0%), humid temperate with abundant rains in summer (22.0%), humid semi-warm with rain all year round (16.0%) and temperate subhumid with rains in summer, with higher humidity (3.0%).[4] It registers an average annual temperature of 19 °C and a rainfall of 1,890 millimeters per year, the rainy period is from June to December .[5][6]

Ecology

In flora it has vegetation made up of broadleaf forest and medium-sized subevergreen forest.[5][6] As for fauna there are wild boar, porcupine, hare duck , falcon and eagle.[5][6]

Politics

It was erected as a municipality on February 15, 1826.[7][8][9] The Honorable City Council is composed of: a Municipal President, a Syndic, eight Councilors, and 34 Municipal Delegates.[5][6][3] According to the National Electoral Institute (INE) the municipality is made up of 9 electoral sections, from 1576 to 1584.[10] For the election of federal deputies to the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico and local deputies to the Congress of Hidalgo, it is integrated into the I Federal Electoral District of Hidalgo and the II Local Electoral District of Hidalgo.[10][11][12] A state administrative level belongs to Macroregion IV and Microregion III, as well as to Operational Region XII Molango.[13]

Chronology of municipal presidents

Period Name[5][14] Political affiliation[5][14]
1961-1964 Santiago Beltrán Pérez -
1964-1967 Manuel Juarez Hernandez -
1967-1970 Javier Camargo Lara -
1970-1973 José Villegas de Ita -
1973-1976 Jesus L. Bustos Perez -
1976-1979 Edmundo López Lara -
1979-1982 Liborio Perez Perez -
1982-1985 Crisógono Ramírez Cerecedo -
1985-1988 José E. Cuevas de Ita -
1988-1991 Tomás Soní Juárez -
1991-1994 Ricardo Juárez Salas -
16/01/1994 to
15/01/1997		 Tomas Juárez Cisneros PRI
16/01/1997 to
15/01/2000		 Reynaldo Pérez Soní PRI
16/01/2000 to
15/01/2003		 Angel Baltazar Perez PRI
16/01/2003 to
15/01/2006		 Moises Perez Sierra PRI
16/01/2006 to
15/01/2009		 Baltazar Torres Villegas PVEM
16/01/2009 to
15/01/2012		 Angel Baltazar Perez Perez PRI
16/01/2012 to
01/05/2012		 David Cuevas Covarrubias Interim City
Council
02/05/2012 to
04/09/2016		 Baltazar Soní Guillermo PT
05/09/2016 to
04/09/2020		 Nabor Perez Juarez PT
05/09/2020 to
14/12/2020		 Guillermo Vite Refugio Interim City
Council[note 2]
15/12/2020 to
04/09/2024		 Elda Ramírez Maya PT

Economy

In 2015 the municipality had an HDI of 0.684 Medium, so ranks 53rd at the state level;[17] and in 2005 it presented a GDP of $315,651,036.00 Mexican pesos, and a GDP per capita of $45,391.00 (current prices of 2005).[18] According to the National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Coneval), the municipality registers a Marginalization Index Medium.[19] 39.4% of the population is in moderate poverty and 37.7% is in extreme poverty.[19] In 2015, the municipality ranked 58th out of 84 municipalities in the state scale of social backwardness.[20]

As of 2015, in terms of agriculture, corn, beans, coffee, oranges and piloncillo cane are grown.[6][19] In livestock cattle are raised for milk and meat, sheep, pigs and goats, laying and fattening birds, as well as turkeys, also producing honey and beeswax.[6][19]

In 2015, there were 49 economic units, which generated jobs for 98 people.[19] As far as commerce is concerned, there is one tianguis, nine Diconsa stores and two Liconsa dairy shops.[6][21] According to figures for the year 2015 presented in the Economic Censuses by INEGI, the Economically Active Population (EAP) of the municipality amounts to 2094 people, of which 1977 are employed and 117 are unemployed.[note 3][19] 42.19% belong to the primary sector, 22.71% belong to the secondary sector, 34.45% belong to the tertiary sector and 0.65% did not specify.[19]

See also

  • Municipalities of the state of Hidalgo
  • History of the state of Hidalgo
  • Culture of the state of Hidalgo

Notes

  1. ↑ The etymological origin of the name of a municipality can have different interpretations or have an uncertain origin, this is the most common or most accepted by the government municipality and its residents, according to the Encyclopedia of the Municipalities of Mexico.
  2. ↑ Due to the postponement of the 2020 Hidalgo State Election, due to the COVID-19 pandemic; Interim Municipal Councils are appointed.[15][16]
  3. ↑ Size of the community according to the number of inhabitants for the population aged 12 and over.

References

  1. ↑ "Xochicoatlán (Municipality, Mexico) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  2. ↑ State Center for Municipal Studies of the State of Hidalgo (1988). The Municipalities of Hidalgo. Encyclopedia Collection of the municipalities of Mexico. Secretary of the Interior.
  3. 1 2 "Xochicoatlán". Municipalities of Hidalgo. Government of the state of Hidalgo. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
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  7. ↑ INEGI (1997). Territorial division of the state of Hidalgo from 1810 to 1995 (PDF) (First ed.). Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes: National Institute of Statistics and Geography. pp. 81–92. ISBN 970-13-1498-0. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  8. ↑ Juan Manuel, Menes Llaguno [in Spanish] (2007). History of the territorial divisions of the municipalities of the State of Hidalgo (First ed.). Pachuca, Mexico: Instituto de Estudios Legislativos del Congreso de Hidalgo. p. 14. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  9. ↑ National Institute for Federalism and Municipal Development. "Encyclopedia of the Municipalities and Delegations of Mexico: Government of the State of Hidalgo". Secretaría de Gobernación. Gobierno de México. Archived from the original on March 21, 2018. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
  10. 1 2 INE (March 15, 2017). "Descriptive de la distritacion federal de Hidalgo" (PDF). National Electoral Institute. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  11. ↑ INE (March 15, 2017). "Distritos Electorales Federales de Hidalgo" (PDF). National Electoral Institute. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  12. ↑ INE (March 15, 2017). "Loales de Hidalgo Electoral Districts" (PDF). National Electoral Institute. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  13. ↑ es:Congreso del Estado de Hidalgo [in Spanish] (25 December 2017). "Decree that determines the regionalization of the Free and Sovereign State of Hidalgo" (PDF). Periódico Oficial del Estado de Hidalgo. es:Gobierno del Estado de Hidalgo. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
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  15. ↑ Alejandro, Reyes (May 15, 2020). "Possibility of implementing Municipal Councils due to suspension of elections". Milenio Diario. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  16. ↑ Teodoro, Santos (26 June 2020). "Municipal Councils, citizens in power in 84 municipalities". Milenio Diario. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  17. ↑ COESPO (2019). "Hidalgo. Municipal Human Development Index 2015" (PDF). Consejo Estatal de Poblacion. Government of the State of Hidalgo. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  18. ↑ To view information, first select the type of information you want, then the state of Hidalgo in the "Federative entity" field, and then choose "municipality" in the field.
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  20. ↑ Coneval. "Annual Report on the Situation of Poverty and Social Backwardness: Xochicoatlán, Hidalgo (2017)" (PDF). Ministry of Social Development. Government of Mexico. Retrieved March 3, 2017. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
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