Chiconamel (municipality)

Chiconamel (municipality)
Chiconamel
—  Municipality  —
Chiconamel is located in Mexico
Chiconamel
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 21°14′0″N 98°27′0″W / 21.233333°N 98.45°W / 21.233333; -98.45Coordinates: 21°14′0″N 98°27′0″W / 21.233333°N 98.45°W / 21.233333; -98.45
Country  Mexico
State Veracruz
Municipal seat Chiconamel
Government
 – Municipal President Aldegundo Barragán Flores (AFV), 2009-10
Area
 – Total 133.25 km2 (51.4 sq mi)
Elevation 140 m (459 ft)
Population (2005)
 – Total 6,811
 – Density 51.1/km2 (132.4/sq mi)
Postal code

Chiconamel is one of the 212 municipalities of 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 municapilty 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

  • Chiconamel (municipal seat; 2005 population 1,517)
  • Motoltepec (population 750)
  • Tancazahuela (1,550)
  • Los Venados (450)

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