| El Parral | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Seal Size: | 70px |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico Chiapas#Mexico |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of El Parral |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Mexico |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | El Parral |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Alber Molina Espinoza |
| Established Title: | Gazetted |
| Established Date: | 23 November 2011 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 365.50 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 Census |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 14171 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Seat |
| Population Blank1: | 10865 |
| Timezone: | Central |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | Central |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | 16.3661°N -93.0067°W |
| Elevation Point: | of seat |
| Elevation M: | 648 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal codes |
| Postal Code: | 30528–30530[3] |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 965 |
| Website: | Official website |
El Parral is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, located approximately south of the state capital of Tuxtla Gutiérrez.
The municipality of El Parral is located in the Chiapas Depression. It borders the municipalities of Chiapa de Corzo to the north, Venustiano Carranza to the east, Villa Corzo to the south, and Villaflores to the west. The municipality covers an area of .[1]
The generally flat terrain of El Parral mostly consists of farmland and pastureland, although isolated patches of forest and jungle remain.[4] The southeastern part of the municipality borders the Angostura Reservoir, the largest reservoir in Mexico in terms of total capacity,[5] created by the Angostura Dam (officially called the Belisario Domínguez Dam) on the Grijalva River.
José Félix Flores Arellano is credited with founding the community of El Parral. He worked as a manager on a farm in the area in 1927 and was asked by locals to serve as President of the local Executive Agrarian Committee, which oversaw the construction of the area's first basic infrastructure such as roads, water supply, a telephone office and a school. El Parral was part of the municipality of Villa Corzo until 23 November 2011, when the decree raising El Parral to the level of an independent municipality was gazetted.[6]
The following people have served as municipal president of El Parral:
In the 2010 Mexican Census, the localities that now comprise the municipality of El Parral recorded a total population of 14,171 inhabitants.[2]
There are 157 localities in the municipality, of which only the municipal seat, also known as El Parral, is designated as urban. It recorded a population of 10,865 inhabitants in the 2010 Census.[2]
Economic activities in El Parral include agriculture and fish farming.[10]
The paved Chiapas Highway 157 runs north–south through the municipality, connecting El Parral with the municipalities of Chiapa de Corzo to the north and Villa Corzo to the south.[11] Tuxtla Gutiérrez International Airport is located about north of El Parral.