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Chiconamel (municipality)

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Country
  
Mexico

Municipal seat
  
Chiconamel

Area
  
133.2 km²

Capital
  
Chiconamel

State
  
Veracruz

Elevation
  
140 m

Population
  
6,811 (2005)

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Chiconamel Municipality 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.

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Map of Chiconamel, Ver., Mexico

In the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a total population of 6,811, of whom 1,517 lived in the municipal seat. 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.

Settlements in the municipality

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

    • References

    Chiconamel (municipality) Wikipedia
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