San Nicolás Tolentino
San Nicolás Tolentino is a municipality and town located in central San Luis Potosí, Mexico. The municipality was founded in 1614, and consists of many small towns and villages. Santa Catarina is the largest town in the municipality. In 1827, the Municipal Presidency was established in the town. Geography. The municipality of San Nicolás Tolentino is located in the "Middle Zone" (Zona Media) of the state of San Luis Potosí, in the Sierra Madre Oriental. The land consists of high plains and mountains. It is bordered to the northwest by the municipality of Armadillo de los Infante ; to the north by the municipality of Cerritos; to the northeast by the municipality of Villa Juárez; to the east by the municipality of Rioverde; to the southeast by the municipality of Ciudad Fernández; and to the southwest by the municipality of Zaragoza. Settlements. Settlements in the municipality, in addition to the town of San Nicolás Tolentino, include: Santa Catarina, La Barranca de San Joaquin, Los Morenos, Ojo de Agua, San José de Nogalitos, Ocampo, Los Nogales, Cañas, El Carrizal De Guadalupe, La Laguna, Allende Geology. The surface rocks consist mainly of Cretaceous sedimentary limestones, conglomerates, and sandy- limey- shales . There is some interbedded gypsum. These Cretaceous rocks are overlain in places by Neogene and Quaternary alluvial sediments with some volcanics. There is a mercury mine in the municipality. Demographics. There are fifty-five settlements in the municipality. As of 2009, the population was 5,547. Economy. Agriculture makes up most of San Nicolás Tolentino's economy.