Amatenango de la Frontera explained

Amatenango de la Frontera
Settlement Type:Municipality
Mapsize:300
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
Established Title:Settled
Established Date:mid-17th century
Area Total Km2:171.4
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:29,547
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:15.4333°N -99°W

Amatenango de la Frontera is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 171.4 km² and is a part of Mexico's border with Guatemala.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 29,547,[1] up from 26,094 as of 2005.[2]

The municipality had 123 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: El Pacayal (3,045), classified as urban, and Potrerillo (2,062), Nuevo Amatenango (1,594), Guadalupe Victoria (1,541), and Nueva Morelia (1,032), classified as rural.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amatenango de la Frontera. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014. 5 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014301/http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/LocdeMun.aspx?tipo=clave&campo=loc&ent=07&mun=006. dead.
  2. Web site: Amatenango de la Frontera. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. INAFED. July 25, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20110617033611/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chiapas/municipios/07006a.htm. 2011-06-17. dead.