Catazajá Explained

Catazajá
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 Km2:621
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:17,140
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:17.7333°N -93°W

Catazajá is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 621 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 17,140,[1] up from 15,709 as of 2005.[2]

As of 2010, the town of Catazajá had a population of 2,973.[1] Other than the town of Catazajá, the municipality had 249 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Punta Arena (1,365) and Loma Bonita (1,071), classified as rural.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Catazajá. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014. 5 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305010623/http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/LocdeMun.aspx?tipo=clave&campo=loc&ent=07&mun=016. dead.
  2. Web site: Catazajá. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. July 25, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927204425/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chiapas/municipios/07016a.htm#. 2007-09-27. dead.