Tecpatán
Tecpatán is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.
Tecpatán | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Municipality of Tecpatán in Chiapas | |
  Tecpatán Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 17°8′N 93°19′W | |
| Country |  |
| State | Chiapas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 297.3 sq mi (770.1 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 41,045 |
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 41,045,[1] up from 38,383 as of 2005.[2] It covers an area of 770.1 km².
As of 2010, the town of Tecpatán had a population of 4,530.[1] Other than the town of Tecpatán, the municipality had 499 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Raudales Malpaso (6,817), classified as urban, and Luis Espinosa (1,727), Francisco I. Madero (1,398), Adolfo López Mateos (1,342), and Nuevo Naranjo (1,119), classified as rural.[1]
References
- "Tecpatán". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- "Tecpatán". 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 June 17, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.