General Pánfilo Natera Municipality Explained

General Pánfilo Natera
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Mexico Zacatecas#Mexico
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of General Pánfilo Natera
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mexico
Subdivision Type1:State
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:General Pánfilo Natera
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Freddy González Vázquez
Established Title:Established
Established Date:21 July 1928
Area Total Km2:442.1
Population As Of:2020 Census
Population Total:23526
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Seat
Population Blank1:4894
Timezone:Central
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:Central
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Coordinates:22.665°N -102.1097°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Elevation Point:of seat
Elevation M:2110
Postal Code Type:Postal codes
Postal Code:98730–98760[2]
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:458

General Pánfilo Natera is a municipality in the Mexican state of Zacatecas, located approximately east of the state capital. It is named after, commander of the Central Division of the Constitutional Army in the Mexican Revolution, and governor of Zacatecas in 1915 and from 1940 to 1944.[3]

Geography

The municipality of General Pánfilo Natera is located at an elevation between 2000and(-) on the Mexican Plateau in southeastern Zacatecas. It borders the Zacatecan municipalities of Villa González Ortega to the southeast, Ojocaliente to the southwest, Trancoso to the west, and Guadalupe to the northwest.[4] It also borders the municipality of Villa de Ramos in the state of San Luis Potosí to the northeast. The municipality covers an area of and comprises 0.6% of the state's area.

As of 2009, 47.2% of the land in Pánfilo Natera is used for agriculture. The remainder of the land comprises matorral (35.3%), grassland (7.6%), mesquite shrubland (4.5%), and urban areas (1.3%). The municipality lies in the endorheic basin of El Salado. Apart from a small mountainous area in the north of the municipality, its terrain is generally flat. There are no permanent rivers in the municipality. [4]

Pánfilo Natera has a temperate semi-arid climate with dry winters. Average temperatures in the municipality range between 14and(-), and average annual precipitation ranges between 400and(-).[4]

History

The municipality of General Pánfilo Natera is situated in an area that was originally inhabited by the Guachichil, one of the Chichimeca nations. The first Spanish settlement in the area was established in 1763. After Mexican independence, the area was first part of the state of San Luis Potosí, but was annexed to the municipality of Ojocaliente in Zacatecas in 1857.[5]

On 21 July 1928, the municipality of La Blanca was established, separating it from Ojocaliente. The municipality was renamed in honour of General Pánfilo Natera on 11 November 1964.[5]

Administration

The municipal government of General Pánfilo Natera comprises a president, a councillor (Spanish: síndico), and thirteen trustees (regidores), eight elected by relative majority and five by proportional representation.[5] The current president of the municipality is Freddy González Vázquez.[6]

Demographics

In the 2020 Mexican Census, the municipality of General Pánfilo Natera recorded a population of 23,526 inhabitants living in 6040 households.[7] The 2010 Census recorded a population of 22,346 inhabitants in Pánfilo Natera.[1]

INEGI lists 44 localities in the municipality,[7] of which three are classified as urban:[8]

Economy and infrastructure

General Pánfilo Natera is primarily an agricultural municipality. The main crops grown are corn, beans and chiles.[5]

Federal Highway 49 runs through the municipality, connecting it to the cities of Zacatecas in the west and San Luis Potosí in the southeast.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sistema Nacional de Información Municipal . es . . 2010 . 16 June 2021.
  2. Web site: Consulta de Códigos Postales . Catálogo Nacional de Códigos Postales . . 15 June 2021 . 16 June 2021.
  3. Book: Rodríguez Valadez, Juan Manuel . Zacatecas: Historia de las instituciones jurídicas . . Mexico . 16 August 2010 . https://archivos.juridicas.unam.mx/www/bjv/libros/6/2863/11.pdf . Gobernantes de Zacatecas . es . 16 June 2021.
  4. Web site: General Pánfilo Natera, Zacatecas . Prontuario de información geográfica municipal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos . es . INEGI . 2009 . 16 June 2021.
  5. Web site: General Pánfilo Natera . es . Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México . . 16 June 2021 . 24 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210224175617/http://www.inafed.gob.mx/work/enciclopedia/EMM32zacatecas/municipios/32016a.html . dead .
  6. Web site: Alvarado . Silvia . 8 June 2021 . Va por Zacatecas gana más municipios . es . Pórtico . 16 June 2021.
  7. Book: Panorama sociodemográfico de Zacatecas. Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020 . 46–47 . es . INEGI . 2016 . 16 June 2021.
  8. Web site: Resumen municipal: Municipio de General Pánfilo Natera . es . Catálogo de Localidades . . 16 June 2021.