Contepec Explained

Contepec
Settlement Type:Municipality
Seal Size:70px
Pushpin Map:Mexico
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Mexico
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mexico
Subdivision Type1:State
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Contepec
Government Footnotes:[1]
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Ruben Rodríguez Jiménez
Established Title:Established
Established Date:24 July 1857
Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Km2:381.725
Population As Of:2010 Census
Population Total:32954
Pop Est As Of:2015 Intercensal Survey
Pop Est Footnotes:[3]
Population Est:34193
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Seat
Population Blank1:4184
Timezone:Central
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:Central
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Coordinates:19.9539°N -100.1636°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[4]
Elevation Point:of seat
Elevation M:2497
Postal Code Type:Postal codes
Postal Code:61020–61055[5]
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:447
Website:Official website

Contepec is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán, located east of the state capital of Morelia.

Geography

The municipality of Contepec is located in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt in northeast Michoacán at an altitude between 2100and(-). It borders the Michoacano municipalities of Epitacio Huerta to the northwest, Maravatío to the west, and Tlalpujahua to the southwest, as well as the municipalities of Amealco de Bonfil in Querétaro to the northeast, and Temascalcingo and El Oro de Hidalgo of the State of Mexico to the east and southeast.[6] The municipality covers an area of [2] and comprises 0.6% of the state's area.[3]

Farmland covers 64% of Contepec.[6] The mountains on the municipality's eastern border with Temascalcingo are protected as the Altamirano unit of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[7]

Tepuxtepec Dam is located on the Lerma River which flows through the northern and western part of Contepec. Built from 1926 to 1950, the dam and its reservoir are used for hydroelectricity generation, flood control and irrigation.[8]

Contepec's climate is temperate with rain in the summer.[1] Average temperatures in the municipality range between 12and(-), and average annual precipitation ranges between 700and(-).[6]

History

The place name Contepec derives from Nahuatl comitl, pot, and tepetl, "hill". In pre-Hispanic times the area was inhabited by Guamare and Pame indigenous peoples: epidemics caused their extinction in the area by the end of the 16th century. The area was repopulated in the 17th century by Otomi and Mazahua settlers.[1]

In the first half of the 19th century Contepec was part of the municipality of Coroneo in Guanajuato.[1] In 1857 it was separated from Guanajuato and incorporated as a municipality in Michoacán. Between 1935 and 1938 the municipal seat was located at Tepuxtepec. In 1962 the municipality of Epitacio Huerta was separated from Contepec.[9]

Administration

The municipal government comprises a president, a councillor (Spanish: síndico), and seven trustees (regidores), four elected by relative majority and three by proportional representation.[1] The current president of the municipality is Ruben Rodríguez Jiménez.[1]

Demographics

In the 2010 Mexican Census, the municipality of Contepec recorded a population of 32,954 inhabitants living in 7723 households.[10] The 2015 Intercensal Survey estimated a population of 34,193 inhabitants in Contepec.[3]

There are 74 localities in the municipality,[4] of which only the municipal seat, also known as Contepec, is classified as urban. It recorded a population of 4184 inhabitants in the 2010 Census.[10]

Economy

The main economic activities in Contepec are agriculture and livestock farming.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Contepec . es . Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México . . 3 May 2018 . 25 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160225011001/http://www.inafed.gob.mx/work/enciclopedia/EMM16michoacan/municipios/16017a.html . dead .
  2. Web site: Contepec: Datos generales . es . Cédulas de información municipal . . 2013 . 3 May 2018 . 4 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180504091243/http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/zap/datGenerales.aspx?entra=nacion&ent=16&mun=017 . dead .
  3. Book: Panorama sociodemográfico de Michoacán de Ocampo 2015 . 68 . es . . 2016 . 978-607-739-850-9.
  4. Web site: Sistema Nacional de Información Municipal . es . . 2010 . 3 May 2018.
  5. Web site: Consulta Códigos Postales . Catálogo Nacional de Códigos Postales . . 1 May 2018 . 3 May 2018 . 2 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180902220905/http://www.correosdemexico.gob.mx/lservicios/servicios/Descarga.aspx . dead .
  6. Web site: Compendio de Información Geográfica Municipal 2010: Contepec, Michoacán de Ocampo . es . INEGI . 3 May 2018.
  7. Web site: Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve: World Heritage Site Nomination Document . 11 . January 2007 . . 3 May 2018.
  8. Web site: Presa Tepuxtepec . es . 19 February 2013 . 3 May 2018.
  9. Book: 1996 . Estado de Michoacán de Ocampo. División Territorial de 1810 a 1995. . 78, 116–117 . es . Mexico . INEGI . 970-13-1501-4.
  10. Web site: Resumen municipal: Municipio de Contepec . es . Catálogo de Localidades . SEDESOL . 3 May 2018.
  11. News: Contepec Municipal Council . Plan de Desarrollo Municipal 2015–2018 . es . 10 . Periódico Oficial del Estado de Michoacán . Government of Michoacán . 9 December 2016 . 3 May 2018.