El Higo is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of the
Mexican state
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of
Veracruz
Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
. It is located in the state's
Huasteca Alta
Huasteca Alta Region is one of the regions of Veracruz, Mexico
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region. The municipal seat is the village of
El Higo, Veracruz
El Higo is a village in El Higo Municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the state's Huasteca Alta region.
In the 2005 INEGI
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.
In the 2005
INEGI
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Census, the municipality reported a total population of 18,392, of whom 7,844 lived in the municipal seat.
Of the municipality's inhabitants, 218 spoke an
indigenous language
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, primarily
Nahuatl
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.
The municipality of El Higo covers a total surface area of 356.94 km
2. It was created on 25 November 1988, from the municipality of
Tempoal.
Settlements in the municipality
*
El Higo (municipal seat; 2005 population 7,844)
*
El Pueblito (population 1,022)
*
El Hoxton (698)
*
Bella Vista (689)
Municipal presidents
Since the municipality's creation, the following individuals have held the position of
municipal president
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(mayor):
*1988–1991: municipal council (no mayor)
*1992–1994: Víctor Lara González (PRI)
*1995–1997: Juvencio Goldaracena Zavala (PRI)
*1998–2000: Jorge Zumaya Hernández (PRD)
*2001–2004: Evencio de la Garza Rivera (PVEM)
*2005–2007: Leonel Meraz Duval (PAN)
References
External links
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Official municipal site*
Municipal Official InformationEl Higo: Economy, employment, equity, quality of life, education, health and public safety
(Secretariat of Economy
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)
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