Otumba, State of Mexico
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| official_name = Otumba
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| settlement_type = Municipality
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| image_caption = Main plaza
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| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = State of Mexico
| subdivision_type2 = Municipal Seat
| subdivision_name2 = Otumba de Gómez Farías
| established_title = Municipality Founded
| established_date = 1824
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| leader_title = Municipal President
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| total_type = Municipality
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| elevation_m = 2360
| elevation_point = of seat
| population_footnotes = Municipality
| population_total = 29873
| population_as_of = 2005
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| population_blank1_title = Seat
| population_blank1 = 9242
| timezone = CST
| utc_offset = -6
| postal_code_type = Postal code (of seat)
| postal_code = 55900
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| website = {{URL|http://www.otumba.com/portal/}} {{in lang|es}}
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Otumba is a municipality in the State of Mexico in Mexico. The municipal seat and largest town is Otumba de Gómez Farías. The municipality of Otumba has a land area of some {{convert|143.42|km2|mi2|0}}, and a population recorded in the intermedial 2005 census, the Conteo de Población y Vivienda, of 29,873.
Geography
=Localities=
Towns, villages and named localities (localidades) within Otumba municipality include: San Martín, Ahuatepec (Ahuatepec), Belém, Buenavista, San José Coamilpa (Ejido de Otumba), Coyotepec, Cuautlacingo, Rancho el Mayorazgo, Oxtotipac, Rancho las Papas (Rancho de Don Jorge Olvera), Poyoxco, San Francisco Tlaltica, Rancho San Lorenzo, San Marcos (San Marcos Tlaxuchilco), San Miguel Xolco, Santa Bárbara, Santiago Tolman, San Juan Tocuila (Tocuila), Barrio Xamimilolpa (Xolpa), Xochihuacán, Tepa Grande (Rancho Guadalupe Tepa), Tlalmimilolpa, San José de las Presas (Cuautenco), Colonias Jacarandas, Rancho San Nicolás Tlaxomulco, Santa Gertrudis, Campero (Ejido San Marcos), Ejido Buenavista (La Mocha), Colonia Coamilpa, Colonia Chacalco, Rancho Santa Brígida, Tlahuico, Tecalco, La Zumbona, Granja San Cosme, Santiago Tolman, San Telmo, Santa Bárbara (Ejido Santa Bárbara), Colonia los Capulines, Granja los Conquianes, Colonia los Remedios, Rancho la Puente, Granja Liberacos Uno, El Colorado, El Monte, Jagüeycillos, Rancho ZR, La Cruz, San Miguel Axalco Chico, Nueva Colonia de Axalco, and El Potrero.
=Terrain and land use=
Approximately 15% of Otumba's territory is hilly and mountainous terrain, a further 40% is sloping or undulating land. The remaining 45% is level plains and valleys. Elevation above mean sea level ranges from {{convert|2300|to|2900|m|ft|0}}.
Principal land usage is agricultural farmland, totalling {{convert|8537|ha|acre}} or almost 60% the total land area. Another {{convert|1056|ha|acre}} or approximately 7% is dedicated to livestock farming. Forest cover is less than 1%, at about {{convert|59.2|ha|acre}}.
Economy
The main economic activity is within the farming and retail sectors. The agricultural sector includes livestock raising such as cattle, pigs, goats, sheep, horses, domestic fowl, rabbits and bees.
Trade is an important activity for the municipality's economy, including establishments as general stores, construction supply, pharmacies, butcher shops, stationery stores, and others.
References
External links
- {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929040138/http://www.otumba.com/ Official website]
{{Mexico State}}