Vista Hermosa (
Spanish
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: "beautiful view") is a
municipality
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in the
Mexican state of
Michoacán
Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo, is one of the 31 states which, together with Mexico City, compose the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The stat ...
, located approximately northwest of the state capital of
Morelia
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Geography
The municipality of Vista Hermosa is located at an elevation between in the
Bajío
The Bajío (the ''lowland'') is a cultural and geographical region within the Mexican Plateau, central Mexican plateau which roughly spans from northwest of Greater Mexico City, Mexico City to the main silver mines in the northern-central part ...
region in northwestern Michoacán. It borders the Michoacanese municipalities of
Tanhuato to the east,
Ixtlán to the southeast,
Pajacuarán to the southwest, and
Briseñas to the west.
Additionally, the
Lerma River
The Lerma River () is Mexico's second longest river.
It is a river in west-central Mexico that begins in Mexican Plateau at an altitude over above sea level, and ends where it empties into Lake Chapala, Mexico's largest lake, near Guadalajara, ...
forms the border between Vista Hermosa and the Jaliscan municipality of
La Barca to the north. The municipality covers an area of
[ and comprises 0.3% of the state's area.][
As of 2009, 91% of the land in Vista Hermosa is used for agriculture and urban areas cover another 4% of the municipality. ]Vertisol
A vertisol is a Soil Order in the USDA soil taxonomy and a Reference Soil Group in the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB). It is also defined in many other soil classification systems. In the Australian Soil Classification it is c ...
s are the main soil type in the municipality.[ The flows east to west through the southern part of the municipality, and meets the Lerma River at Ibarra in the adjacent municipality of Briseñas. The Gonzalo Reservoir lies on the border between Tanhuato and Vista Hermosa and has a total capacity of and a useful capacity of .
Vista Hermosa has a temperate climate with rain in the summer.][ Average temperatures in the municipality range between , and average annual precipitation ranges between .][
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History
The settlement of Vista Hermosa was organized in the second half of the 19th century from the ''hacienda
A ''hacienda'' ( or ; or ) is an estate (or '' finca''), similar to a Roman '' latifundium'', in Spain and the former Spanish Empire. With origins in Andalusia, ''haciendas'' were variously plantations (perhaps including animals or orchards ...
s'' of Buenavista and El Molino. Vista Hermosa was established as a municipality on 1 December 1921 from localities previously part of Ixtlán and Tanhuato. The municipal seat was named Vista Hermosa de Negrete after José María Martínez Negrete, who bought the lands of the Molino ''hacienda'' after they were confiscated by the Mexican government and built a school there.
Administration
The municipal government of Vista Hermosa comprises a president, a councillor (Spanish
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**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
**Spanish cuisine
**Spanish history
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...
: ''síndico''), and seven trustees (''regidores''), four elected by relative majority
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For ...
and three by proportional representation
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.[ The current president of the municipality is Rosa Elena de la Cruz Pérez Tello.
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Demographics
In the 2010 Mexican Census, the municipality of Vista Hermosa recorded a population of 18,995 inhabitants living in 4789 households.[
]INEGI
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lists 16 localities in the municipality,[ of which two are classified as urban:
*the municipal seat Vista Hermosa de Negrete, which recorded a population of 10,752 inhabitants in the 2010 Census; and
*El Capulín, located south of the municipal seat, which recorded a population of 2438 in 2010.][
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Economy and infrastructure
Agriculture is the main economic activity in Vista Hermosa. Major crops grown include corn, sorghum, wheat, and vegetables such as chiles.110
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References
{{Michoacán, state=collapsed
Municipalities of Michoacán
1921 establishments in Mexico
States and territories established in 1921