Acala Municipality Explained

Acala Municipality
Settlement Type:Municipality
Native Name:Municipio de Acala
Pushpin Map:Mexico
Pushpin Label Position:above
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Mexico
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mexico
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Chiapas
Area Total Km2:295.6
Population As Of:2005
Population Total:24,800
Population Metro:12,686
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:16.5533°N -92.8069°W
Elevation M:497
Blank Name:Climate
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Acala is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. The municipal seat is Acala.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 28,947,[1] up from 24,800 as of 2005.[2]

Geography

As of 2010, the city of Acala had a population of 13,889,[1] up from 12,686 as of 2005.[2] Other than the city of Acala, the municipality had 258 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: 20 de Noviembre (4,636), classified as urban, and Nuevo Vicente Guerrero (El Chichonal) (2,088) and Unión Buenavista (1,847), classified as rural.[1]

It covers an area of 295.6 km2.

Climate

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Acala. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014. 11 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180311140643/http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/LocdeMun.aspx?tipo=clave&campo=loc&ent=07&mun=002. dead.
  2. Web site: Acala: Enciclopedia de los municipios de México . Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal / Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas . July 23, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210646/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chiapas/municipios/07002a.htm . September 27, 2007 .