Bella Vista Municipality Explained

Bella Vista
Settlement Type:Municipality
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
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:114.3
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:19,281
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:15.5833°N -92.2197°W

Bella Vista is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 114.3 km2 and borders Guatemala.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 19,281,[1] up from 18,205 as of 2005.[2] Bella vista is 1of the 123 municipalities of Chiapas

As of 2010, the town of Bella Vista had a population of 1,672.[1] Other than the town of Bella Vista, the municipality had 85 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Las Chicharras (1,324), Emiliano Zapata (1,232), San José las Chicharras (1,080), La Rinconada (1,078), and Nuevo Pacayal (1,019), classified as rural.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bella Vista. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090300/http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/LocdeMun.aspx?tipo=clave&campo=loc&ent=07&mun=011. dead.
  2. Web site: Bella Vista. https://web.archive.org/web/20040703230541/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chiapas/municipios/07011a.htm. dead. July 3, 2004. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. July 25, 2008.