| Official Name: | Las Margaritas |
| Total Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico Chiapas#Mexico |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | (de jure) Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities (Controlled by) |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Chiapas |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Las Margaritas |
| Established Title: | Village status |
| Established Date: | 9 December 1871 |
| Established Title2: | City status |
| Established Date2: | 24 March 1981 |
| Area Total Km2: | 3015 |
| Area Blank1 Title: | City |
| Area Blank1 Km2: | 10.08 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 census |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 141027 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | City |
| Population Blank1: | 24326 |
| Population Density Blank1 Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −5 |
| Coordinates: | 16.3153°N -91.9817°W |
| Elevation M: | 1521 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 30187 |
| Area Code: | 963 |
| Blank1 Name: | Demonym |
Las Margaritas is a city, and the surrounding municipality of the same name, in the Mexican state of Chiapas. The municipal seat is located some 25 km to the northeast of Comitán de Domínguez, while the municipality extends to the east as far as the border with Guatemala. Part of the Lagunas de Montebello National Park is in the municipality's territory.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 111,484,[2]
As of 2010, the city of Las Margaritas had a population of 20,786.[2] Other than the city of Las Margaritas, the municipality had 486 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Plan de Ayala (3,164), classified as urban, and Veinte de Noviembre (2,207), Jalisco (1,915), Yasha (1,862), Chiapas (1,808), Nuevo San Juan Chamula (El Pacayal) (1,684), Bajucú (1,665), Francisco I. Madero (1,626), Justo Sierra (San Francisco) (1,386), El Edén (1,283), Saltillo (1,222), El Vergel (1,177), Rafael Ramírez (1,075), Veracruz (1,062), Lomantán (1,034), and El Progreso (1,007), classified as rural.[2]
The municipality was created and the settlement given the status of a pueblo (village) on 9 December 1871, by Governor José Pantaleón Domínguez. On 24 March 1981, under Governor Juan Sabines Gutiérrez, the municipal seat was given city (ciudad) status.
In January 1994 it was one of the cities seized by the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) during their uprising. The village of La Realidad, headquarters of the EZLN military command, is located in the municipality.