Chilón Explained

Chilón
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 (de jure)
Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities (Controlled by)
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Chiapas
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:2490
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:111,554
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:17.1167°N -109°W
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Am

Chilón is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 2490 km2.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 111,554,[1] up from 77,686 as of 2005.[2]

As of 2010, the town of Chilón had a population of 7,368.[1] Other than the town of Chilón, the municipality had 703 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Bachajón (5,063), classified as urban, and Guaquitepec (2,868), Tzajalá (2,529), San Jerónimo Tulijá (1,859), Alán-Sac'jún (1,632), San Antonio Bulujib (1,206), Tacuba Nueva (1,189), El Mango (1,141), Chiquinival (1,101), and Santiago Pojcol (1,001), classified as rural.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chilón. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014. 5 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305201530/http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/LocdeMun.aspx?tipo=clave&campo=loc&ent=07&mun=031. dead.
  2. Web site: Chilón. 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/20070930024605/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chiapas/municipios/07031a.htm. September 30, 2007. dead.