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VILLA DE ALLENDE

Ubication and Wheather
The town of Villa de Allende is located in the middle west of  Toluca City at 70 km from there. The extension of this place is conformed by 318.8 km2. It is characterized by a mild climate with summer rains specially from June to August.

Orography:
It has two well-defined geographic conformations: -	A zone of low plains interrupted by small hills -	A mountainous area ubicated in the south and west of the town The most important hills are Los Cántaros, El Piloncillo, La Calera and La Palma, and these are located between this town and one called Donato Guerra.

Hydrology:
The hydrology of the town consists of four rivers called Asuncion, San Jose, Los Berros and El Salitre. It has influence of 18 streams and there are also 27 springs,3 wells and 6 aqueducts. There are two springs which supply of drinking water to the municipal seat.

Ecosystem:
The most common species of trees that grow in the region are: pine, cedar, ash, eucalyptus and oak. There are also herbal medicine like epazote, yerbabuena, mountain tea and lemon tea.

In this town there are fruit trees. The most common are capulín, peach, pear trees of different varieties, apple and tejocote.

Because of the abundance of water there are different varieties of fish. Also there are rabbits, armadillos, rats, coyotes, cacomiztles and ferrets.

The most important birds are swallows, woodpeckers, chupamirtos, huitlacoches, eagles, zopilotes, crows, falcons and hawks.

Population of Villa de Allende:
The total population of the municipality according to the Population Census of 1995, was 37105 habitants, of whom 18453 are men and 18652 are women, the population density was 100.7 habitants per square kilometre.

As to the phenomenon of migration concerns is almost non-existent because the population growth naturally, however, there is problem of emigration, as a good number of people go to big cities looking for better opportunities to work and a better standard of life.

It is important to note that by the year 2000, according to the preliminary results of the General Census of Population and Housing conducted by the INEGI existed in the town, a total of 39977 people, of whom 19727 are men and 20250 are women, it is the 49% male and 51% female.

According to the results presented II Counting of Population and Housing in 2005, the town has a total of 41938 habitants.

Ethnic Groups:
According to the report of the Basic Indicators for the Regional Planning in 1997, the town had a population of 31119 habitants older than 5 years from whom 2556 speak an indigenous language.

According to the results presented II Counting of Population and Housing in 2005, there are living in the town a total of 1984 people who speak any indigenous language.

Economic activity:
Agriculture is the most important activity of the municipality, has 21663.39 hectares designated to agricultural use, which represents the 69.12% of the total land. The quality of agricultural land may be associated with different factors and one of them is water and ground type. The town has an important water source, consisting primarily of rivers and springs.

There are 202.49 hectares of irrigated agriculture that represents the 1.9% of the total land. The main products that are planted are: corn, wheat, potato, beans, barley, oats, avocado, pear, and walnut.

Tourism:
To the west of town is located part of the monarch butterfly sanctuary. Also in this town is located Bosencheve national park, which serves as a natural ecosystem. In the northeast is located Laguna Verde and Laguna Seca.