Ángel Albino Corzo Explained

Ángel Albino Corzo
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
Subdivision Type2:Municipal seat
Subdivision Name2:Jaltenango de la Paz
Established Title:Municipality created
Established Date:24 February 1933
Area Total Km2:1748.81
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:26,628
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:16.5333°N -118°W
Elevation M:644

Ángel Albino Corzo is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 1748.81 km2. Its municipal seat is the town of Jaltenango de la Paz.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 26,628,[1] up from 21,848 as of 2005.[2]

The municipality had 199 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Jaltenango de la Paz (10,427), Nueva Palestina (3,475), classified as urban, and Querétaro (2,203), Francisco I. Madero (1,819), Nueva Colombia (1,568), and Nueva Independencia (1,283), classified as rural.[1]

The municipality was created on 24 February 1933 during the administration of Governor Victórico R. Grajales. It was named for 19th-century Chiapas politician Ángel Albino Corzo (after whom Chiapa de Corzo was also named).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Angel Albino Corzo. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014.
  2. Web site: Ángel Albino Corzo. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. . July 25, 2008.