Chiconamel
Municipality
Chiconamel is located in Veracruz
Chiconamel
Chiconamel
Chiconamel is located in Mexico
Chiconamel
Chiconamel
Coordinates: 21°14′0″N 98°27′0″W / 21.23333°N 98.45000°W / 21.23333; -98.45000
Country Mexico
StateVeracruz
Municipal seatChiconamel
Government
 • Municipal PresidentAldegundo Barragán Flores (AFV), 2009-10
Area
 • Total133.25 km2 (51.45 sq mi)
Elevation
140 m (460 ft)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total6,811
 • Density51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Websitehttp://presidenciachiconamel2022-2025.gob.mx

Chiconamel is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the state's Huasteca Alta region. The municipal seat is the village of Chiconamel, Veracruz.

In the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a total population of 6,811, of whom 1,517 lived in the municipal seat.[1] Of the municipality's inhabitants, 3,902 (62%) spoke an indigenous language, primarily Nahuatl.

The municipality of Chiconamel covers a total surface area of 133.25 km2. Unusually, however, the municipality is divided into two by an intervening portion of the municipality of Chalma, with the eastern portion of its territory an exclave.[2]

Settlements in the municipality

References

  1. ^ "Chiconamel". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
  2. ^ "Map of Chiconamel". Veracruz State Govt. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2008.

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