# Chiconamel (municipality)

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Municipality in Veracruz, Mexico

Chiconamel Municipality Chiconamel Show map of Veracruz Chiconamel Show map of Mexico Coordinates: 21°14′0″N 98°27′0″W / 21.23333°N 98.45000°W / 21.23333; -98.45000 Country Mexico State Veracruz Municipal seat Chiconamel Government • Municipal President Aldegundo Barragán Flores (AFV), 2009-10 • Federal electoral district Veracruz's 1st Area • Total 133.25 km2 (51.45 sq mi) Elevation 140 m (460 ft) Population (2005) • Total 6,811 • Density 51.11/km2 (132.4/sq mi) Time zone UTC-6 (Zona Centro) Website http://presidenciachiconamel2022-2025.gob.mx

**Chiconamel** is a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Veracruz) in the [Mexican state](/source/List_of_states_of_Mexico) of [Veracruz](/source/Veracruz). It is located in the state's [Huasteca Alta](/source/Huasteca_Alta) region. The municipal seat is the village of [Chiconamel, Veracruz](/source/Chiconamel%2C_Veracruz).

In the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a total population of 6,811, of whom 1,517 lived in the municipal seat.[1] Of the municipality's inhabitants, 3,902 (62%) spoke an [indigenous language](/source/Languages_of_Mexico), primarily [Nahuatl](/source/Nahuatl).

The municipality of Chiconamel covers a total surface area of 133.25 km2. Unusually, however, the municipality is divided into two by an intervening portion of the municipality of [Chalma](/source/Chalma_(municipality)), with the eastern portion of its territory an [exclave](/source/Exclave).[2]

## Settlements in the municipality

- [Chiconamel](/source/Chiconamel) (municipal seat; 2005 population 1,517)

- [Motoltepec](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Motoltepec&action=edit&redlink=1) (population 750)

- [Tancazahuela](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tancazahuela&action=edit&redlink=1) (1,550)

- [Los Venados](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Los_Venados&action=edit&redlink=1) (450)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Chiconamel"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110617080459/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/veracruz/municipios/30056a.htm). *Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México*. [Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal](/source/Instituto_Nacional_para_el_Federalismo_y_el_Desarrollo_Municipal). Archived from [the original](http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/veracruz/municipios/30056a.htm) on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Map of Chiconamel"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110722224819/http://app.comsocialver.gob.mx/boletin/municipios/mapas/30056.jpg). Veracruz State Govt. Archived from [the original](http://app.comsocialver.gob.mx/boletin/municipios/mapas/30056.jpg) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2008.

## External links

- [Chiconamel](https://web.archive.org/web/20081006111956/http://portal.veracruz.gob.mx/portal/page?_pageid=1645%2C1&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&ciudad=30056) Web page of the Veracruz State Govt. Retrieved 4 November 2008.

- (in Spanish) [Municipal Official Information](https://web.archive.org/web/20110721171842/http://portal.veracruz.gob.mx/portal/page?_pageid=153%2C4493464&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&municipio=chiconamel.pdf)

- [VER Chiconamel: Informe anual sobre la situación de pobreza y rezago social 2022](https://www.gob.mx/cms/uploads/attachment/file/698635/30_056_VER_Chiconamel.pdf)

- [Chiconamel: Economy, employment, equity, quality of life ...](https://www.economia.gob.mx/datamexico/en/profile/geo/chiconamel) ([Secretariat of Economy](/source/Secretariat_of_Economy))

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