Tepache Municipality | |
Pushpin Label Position: | above |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mexico |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Sonora |
Subdivision Type2: | Capital |
Subdivision Name2: | Tepache |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Timezone: | Mountain Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | No DST |
Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
Tepache Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora in north-western Mexico.[1]
Its seat is Tepache.
The municipal area is 752.85 km2.[2] The municipal population counted in 2000 was 1,539, of which 779 were male and 760 were female.[2] The population of the main settlement and municipal seat was 1,448 in 2000. The majority (96 percent) of its population lives in urban areas, with the rest living in rural areas. The population has been decreasing steadily since 1980. The main settlement is located at an elevation of 1,250 meters.
Neighboring municipalities are Divisaderos Municipality and Moctezuma Municipality to the north, Nácori Chico Municipality to the east, Sahuaripa Municipality to the west and San Pedro de la Cueva Municipality to the southwest.