[1] The municipality consists of a main town (Casco Urbano) with approximately 7,000 residents, and a large number of aldeas or villages, which bring the municipality's entire population to 17,000.

Principal economic activities include farming, construction, and factory work.

The main town contains one kindergarten, an elementary school, and one middle high school, where students may study for diplomas in liberal arts or to become conters[check spelling].

There is a health center staffed by a doctor and two nurses.

El Rosario has a mine and was founded in 1530 by the Spaniards.