Catemaco (municipality)

Catemaco
Municipality
City of Catemaco from the lake
Catemaco Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 18°25′0″N 95°07′0″W / 18.41667°N 95.11667°W / 18.41667; -95.11667
Country	Mexico
State	Veracruz
Municipal seat	Catemaco
Government
• Municipal President	Julio César Ortega Serrano[1]
Area
• Total	710.67 km2 (274.39 sq mi)
Elevation	340 m (1,120 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	48,593
• Density	68/km2 (180/sq mi)
• Municipal seat	22,965
Website	www.catemaco.gob.mx

Catemaco Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the state's Los Tuxtlas region. The municipal seat is the city of Catemaco.

In the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a total population of 46,702, of whom 22,965 lived in the municipal seat.^[2] Ethnic composition is primarily of mestizo origins. Indigenous language speakers number less than 500.

The municipality of Catemaco covers a total surface area of 710.67 km² along the Gulf of Mexico between the foothills of Volcano San Martín Tuxtla and the Sierra Santa Marta, and incorporate Laguna Catemaco and Laguna Sontecomapan plus a large part of the Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve. Catemaco borders the municipalities of San Andrés Tuxtla to the west, Hueyapan de Ocampo and Soteapan to the south and Tatahuicapan de Juárez and Mecayapan to the east.

Economically Catemaco depends on a mix of tourism, cattle ranching, fishery and agriculture. Statistically the municipality ranks as one of the poorer ones in Veracruz.