Apozol Municipality

Municipality of Apozol
Municipality
Location of Apozol within Zacatecas and Mexico
Coordinates: 21°28′N 103°5′W / 21.467°N 103.083°WCoordinates: 21°28′N 103°5′W / 21.467°N 103.083°W
Country	Mexico
State	Zacatecas
Municipal seat	Apozol
Largest city	Apozol
Founded	December 1541 (Cristóbal de Oñate)
Municipality	1863
Government
• Municipal President	Joaquín Robles González  PRI
Area
• Total	283 km^2 (109 sq mi)
Elevation	1,300 m (4,300 ft)
Population (2005)[1]
• Total	5,898
• Largest city	2,912
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
Postal Code	99961
Area code(s)	467

Apozol is one of the 58 municipalities in the state of Zacatecas, Mexico.

It is located on the southern part of the state of Zacatecas and it is bounded by the municipalities of Jalpa, Juchipila, Nochistlán de Mejía, Tepechitlán and Teúl de González Ortega.

The municipality covers a total surface area of 283 square kilometers (109 sq mi)^[2] and, in the year 2005 census, reported a population of 5,898 ^[1] . The municipality makes up for 0.68% of the area of the state of Zacatecas.

References

1. Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 Archived March 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
2. "Apozol", Encyclopedia de Municipios Archived May 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.