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El Higo (municipality)

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Country
  
Mexico

Municipal seat
  
El Higo

Elevation
  
20 m

Population
  
18,392 (2005)

State
  
Veracruz

Municipality created
  
25 November 1988

Area
  
356.9 km²

Capital
  
El Higo, Veracruz

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El Higo 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 El Higo, Veracruz.

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Map of El Higo, Ver., Mexico

In the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a total population of 18,392, of whom 7,844 lived in the municipal seat. Of the municipality's inhabitants, 218 spoke an indigenous language, primarily Nahuatl.

The municipality of El Higo covers a total surface area of 356.94 km². It was created on 25 November 1988, from the municipality of Tempoal.

Settlements in the municipality

  • El Higo (municipal seat; 2005 population 7,844)
  • El Pueblito (population 1,022)
  • El Hoxton (698)
  • Bella Vista (689)
  • Municipal presidents

    Since the municipality's creation, the following individuals have held the position of municipal president (mayor):

  • 1988–1991: municipal council (no mayor)
  • 1992–1994: Víctor Lara González (PRI)
  • 1995–1997: Juvencio Goldaracena Zavala (PRI)
  • 1998–2000: Jorge Zumaya Hernández (PRD)
  • 2001–2004: Evencio de la Garza Rivera (PVEM)
  • 2005–2007: Leonel Meraz Duval (PAN)
  • References

    El Higo (municipality) Wikipedia