Catemaco (municipality)
| Catemaco | |
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City of Catemaco from the lake
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 Catemaco
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| Coordinates: 18°25′0″N 95°07′0″W / 18.41667°N 95.11667°W | |
| Country |
 Mexico
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| State | Veracruz |
| Municipal seat | Catemaco |
| Area | |
| • Total | 710.67 km2 (274.39 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 340 m (1,120 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 48,593 |
| • Density | 68/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| • Municipal seat | 22,965 |
| Website | www.catemaco.gob.mx |
Catemaco Municipality is one of the 212 municipalities that make up the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the state's Los Tuxtlas. The municipal seat is the city of Catemaco.
In the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a total population of 46,702, of whom 22,965 lived in the municipal seat. Ethnic composition is primarily of mestizo origins. Indigenous language speakers number less than 500.
The municipality of Catemaco covers a total surface area of 710.67 km² along the Gulf of Mexico between the foothills of Volcano San Martín Tuxtla and the Sierra Santa Marta, and incorporate Laguna Catemaco and Laguna Sontecomapan plus a large part of the Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve. Catemaco borders the municipalities of San Andrés Tuxtla to the west, Hueyapan de Ocampo and Soteapan to the south and Tatahuicapan de Juárez and Mecayapan to the east.
Economically Catemaco depends on a mix of tourism, cattle ranching, fishery and agriculture. Statistically the municipality ranks as one of the poorer ones in Veracruz.
The city of Catemaco is the local government for 258 communities, which cover a territory of 659.2km2. The municipality borders those of Mecayapan, Soteapan, Hueyapan de Ocampo and San Andrés Tuxtla, extending to the Gulf of Mexico in the north. The municipal government consists of a municipal president, a syndic and four representatives called regidors.
The municipality is rural with a population density of 73.7 people per km2, and only the seat considered to be urban. There a small community (297) of indigenous language speakers, mostly of Popoluca. Outside the seat, the main communities are Sontecomapan (pop. 2,413), La Victoria (1,842), Zapoapan de Cabañas (1,382) and San Juan Seco de Valencia (1,237).
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