Genaro Codina is a

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in the

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state of

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, located approximately southwest of the state capital at the city of Zacatecas. It is named after , musician and composer of the state anthem, the " March of Zacatecas".

Geography

The municipality of Genaro Codina is located at an elevation between in the

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in south-central Zacatecas. It borders the Zacatecan municipalities of Villanueva to the west,

to the northwest, Guadalupe to the north, Ojocaliente to the northeast, and

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to the east. It also borders the municipalities of

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to the southeast and San José de Gracia to the south, which are both in the state of Aguascalientes. Genaro Codina covers an area of and comprises 1.1% of the state's area. As of 2009, 14% of the land in Genaro Codina is used for agriculture. The remainder of the land cover comprises grassland (50.2%), forest (28.6%), and

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(6.7%). The municipality is situated in the drainage basin of the

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. The eastern two-thirds of the municipality is drained by the San Pedro or Aguascalientes River, a tributary of the Río Verde, while the western third is drained by the

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and its tributaries. Genaro Codina's climate ranges from semiarid in most of the municipality to temperate in the mountainous south. Average temperatures in the municipality range between , and average annual precipitation ranges between .

History

At the time of Spanish contact, the area of what is now Genaro Codina was populated by the

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people. In 1542, the settlement of San José de la Ysla (or Isla) was founded. Tlaxcalan colonists joined the settlement in 1591. After independence, San José de la Ysla formed part of the ''partido'' or district of Zacatecas in the state of the same name. Its municipal government (''junta municipal'') was first established on 29 October 1833. It dropped the "San" from its name in 1935, becoming known as José de la Isla. It adopted its present name beginning on 1 January 1958, in honour of the composer of the Zacatecan state anthem. A health centre was inaugurated in Genaro Codina in 1964, and electricity and water services followed in 1971.

Administration

The municipal government of Genaro Codina comprises a president, a councillor (

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: ''síndico''), and seven trustees (''regidores''), four elected by

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and three by

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. The current president of the municipality is Mario Adrián Reyes Santana.

Demographics

In the 2020 Census, Genaro Codina recorded a population of 8168 inhabitants living in 2054 households. The 2010 Census recorded a population of 8104 inhabitants in Genaro Codina. There are 54 inhabited localities in the municipality, of which only the municipal seat, also called Genaro Codina, is classified as urban. It recorded a population of 1428 inhabitants in the 2020 Census.

Economy and infrastructure

In the 2015 Intercensal Survey, 21% of Genaro Codina's workforce was employed in the primary sector, 46% in the secondary sector, 7% in commerce, and 23% in services. The main crops grown in Genaro Codina are corn (grain and silage) and prickly pear. Federal Highway 45D runs through the northeastern corner of the municipality, connecting it to Guadalupe and

to the north, and to the city of Aguascalientes to the south.

References

{{Zacatecas, state=collapsed Municipalities of Zacatecas 1833 establishments in Mexico States and territories established in 1833