Chilón
Chilón is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 2490 km².
Chilón | |
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Municipality | |
 Municipality of Chilón in Chiapas | |
  Chilón Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 17°7′N 92°17′W | |
| Country |  |
| State | Chiapas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 960 sq mi (2,490 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 111,554 |
| Climate | Am |
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 111,554,[1] up from 77,686 as of 2005.[2]
As of 2010, the town of Chilón had a population of 7,368.[1] Other than the town of Chilón, the municipality had 703 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Bachajón (5,063), classified as urban, and Guaquitepec (2,868), Tzajalá (2,529), San Jerónimo Tulijá (1,859), Alán-Sac'jún (1,632), San Antonio Bulujib (1,206), Tacuba Nueva (1,189), El Mango (1,141), Chiquinival (1,101), and Santiago Pojcol (1,001), classified as rural.[1]
References
- "Chilón". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- "Chilón". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
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