La Independencia, Chiapas Explained

La Independencia
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 Km2:1704.1
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:41,266
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:16.2167°N -91.8333°W

La Independencia is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 41,266,[1] up from 32,245 as of 2005.[2] It covers an area of 1704.1km2.

As of 2010, the town of La Independencia had a population of 3,041.[1] Other than the town of La Independencia, the municipality had 122 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: El Triunfo (5,478), Venustiano Carranza (5,081), classified as urban, and San Antonio Buenavista (1,887), La Patria (1,616), Francisco Sarabia (1,499), Río Blanco (1,433), Buenavista (1,403), Emiliano Zapata (1,234), and Ojo de Agua (1,119), classified as rural.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: La Independencia. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014.
  2. Web site: La Independencia. 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/20070927205631/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chiapas/municipios/07041a.htm. September 27, 2007. dead.