Chiconamel | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico Veracruz #Mexico |
Pushpin Label Position: | above |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Veracruz |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipal seat |
Subdivision Name2: | Chiconamel |
Leader Title: | Municipal President |
Leader Name: | Aldegundo Barragán Flores (AFV), 2009-10 |
Area Total Km2: | 133.25 |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 6811 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 21.2333°N -98.45°W |
Elevation M: | 140 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Website: | http://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]