Chapa de Mota is one of 125

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

located in the northwest of

Mexico State The State of Mexico ( es, Estado de México; ), officially just Mexico ( es, México), is one of the administrative divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of the United Mexican States. Commonly known as Edomex (from ) to distinguish it from th ...

. The municipal seat is the village of Chapa de Mota and largest town is San Felipe Coamango. It is located in the north part of the State of Mexico. By car, it is two hours from Mexico City.

The town

The Chapa de Mota area was first inhabited in the early 16th century by different ethnic groups; however, the

Otomis The Otomi (; es, Otomí ) are an indigenous people of Mexico inhabiting the central Mexican Plateau (Altiplano) region. The Otomi are an indigenous people of Mexico who inhabit a discontinuous territory in central Mexico. They are linguisticall ...

had the control over the whole zone and established the original village. The

Mexica The Mexica (Nahuatl: , ;''Nahuatl Dictionary.'' (1990). Wired Humanities Project. University of Oregon. Retrieved August 29, 2012, frolink/ref> singular ) were a Nahuatl-speaking indigenous people of the Valley of Mexico who were the rulers of ...

eventually conquered the area. In Chapa de Mota, today, there are many retail businesses like clothing stores, footwear stores, butchers, groceries and pharmacies. Finally there is an industry called Camil SA. De CV, that manufactures plastic hooks. (City hall)

The municipality

As municipal seat, the town of Chapa de Mota has governing jurisdiction over the following communities: Barajas, Cadenqui, Damate, Danxhó, Ejido de Barajas, Ejido de San Felipe Coamango, Dongu, El Chabacano, El Puerto, San Gabriel, El Quinte, El Salto, Ex-hacienda de Bodengui, La Alameda, La Concepción, La Esperanza, La Ladera, La Loma, La Palma, Las Ánimas, Los Limones, Macavaca (Santa Ana Macavaca), Mefi, Rancho el Tejocote, Rancho la Soledad, Rancho los Negritos, San Felipe Coamango, San Francisco de las Tablas, San Gabriel, San Juan Tuxtepec, San Rafael (Balneario las Cascadas), Santa Elena, Santa María, Tenjay, Venú, Ventey, Xhoñe, and Xhote. The principal economic activities are agriculture, farming and industry; the population in Chapa de Mota is about 756 people. Chapa de Mota has forests with much vegetation and animals.

Flora and fauna

Chapa De Mota is rich in natural resources; the principal landmark is mountains and rainforest. There are many kinds of vegetation and animals. In the forests of Chapa de Mota, there are pines,

oyamel fir ''Abies religiosa'', the oyamel fir or sacred fir, (known as in Spanish) is a fir native to the mountains of central and southern Mexico (Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, Sierra Madre del Sur) and western Guatemala. It grows at high altitudes of i ...

ocote pine Ocote is a common name for various species of pine trees in the genus ''Pinus'' that occur in the Spanish speaking Americas—Latin America. They include: *''Pinus apulcensis'' *'' Pinus ayacahuite'' *''Pinus cooperi'' *''Pinus devoniana'' *''P ...

s, oaks, cedars, eucalyptus, and other kinds of trees. Native animals include rabbits, squirrels, moles, bats, weasels, badgers,

tlacuache Opossums () are members of the marsupial Order (biology), order Didelphimorphia () Endemism, endemic to the Americas. The largest order of marsupials in the Western Hemisphere, it comprises 93 species in 18 Genus, genera. Opossums originated in ...

s, and ferrets, as well as reptiles and insects like frogs, chameleons, scorpions, snakes, ants, bees, and crickets.

Economic activities

In Chapa de Mota the principal economic activities are irrigation and agriculture, especially corn, oats, beans and broad beans as well as the breeding of cattle, pigs, poultry and sheep. Camping in mountainous zones is a popular tourist activity. In the open area called "Mexico Chiquito" there are model plane competitions. Also in Chapa de Mota (the seat) there are many clothing stores, footwear stores, butcheries, groceries and pharmacies. Camil SA. De CV manufactures plastic hooks. (City hall)

References

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