Official Name: | Municipality of Concepción del Oro |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Zacatecas |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipal seat |
Subdivision Name2: | Concepción del Oro |
Subdivision Type3: | Largest city |
Subdivision Name3: | Concepción del Oro |
Leader Title: | Municipal President |
Leader Name: | J. Jesús Martínez Horta |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1587 |
Established Title2: | Municipality |
Established Date2: | 1857 |
Area Total Km2: | 2559 |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 11857 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Largest city |
Population Blank1: | 6653 |
Timezone: | Central (US Central) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | Central |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 24.7°N -126°W |
Elevation M: | 2070 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | 98200, 98204, 98205, 98209-98212 |
Area Code: | 842 |
Website: | https://web.archive.org/web/20070901221445/http://www.concepciondeloro.gob.mx/ |
Concepción del Oro is one of the 58 municipalities in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. It is located on the northern part of the state and it is bounded by the municipalities of Mazapil and El Salvador; it also lies next to the states of Coahuila and San Luis Potosí. The municipality covers a total surface area of 2559km2.[1]
In the 2005 census Concepción del Oro reported a population of 11,857.[2] Of these, 6,653 lived in the municipal seat and the remainder lived in surrounding rural communities.
Concepción del Oro is located on the northern part of the state and it is bounded by the municipalities of Mazapil and El Salvador; it also lies next to the states of Coahuila and San Luis Potosí. The municipality covers a total surface area of 2559km2.
Agriculture is one of the main economical activities in Concepción del Oro, it is based in temporary harvesting of mainly: beans, maize, oats, barley and wheat.