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Table 1 General characteristics of the municipalities in 1992

From: Micro-regional planning: evidence-based community buy-in for health development in five of Mexico’s poorest rural districts

Municipality

Population and ethnicity

Main productive activities

Migratory destination

Health centres

Zirándaro

(400 communities)

21,300

Mestizo

Farming, Cattle-raising

Fisheries

USA

7

Copalillo

(12 communities)

11,122

Nahual

Farming, Handicrafts

Nayarit, Sinaloa

Morelos

5

Alcozauca

(25 communities)

15,089

Mixteco

Farming

Handicrafts

Sinaloa

USA

5

Coahuayutla

(167 communities)

13,461

Mestizo

Farming, Livestock

Fisheries

USA

5

Xochistlahuaca

(103 communities)

16,226

Amuzgo

Farming, Handicrafts

Acapulco

5