Motozintla Explained

Motozintla
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
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1620
Established Title2:Town status
Established Date2:23 October 1912
Established Title3:City status
Established Date3:10 August 1954
Area Total Km2:782.5
Area Blank1 Title:City
Area Blank1 Km2:5.26
Population As Of:2020 census
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:76398
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:City
Population Blank1:27815
Population Blank2 Title:Gender
Population Blank2:37425 males and 38973 females
Population Density Blank1 Km2:auto
Coordinates:15.3708°N -92.2483°W
Website:http://www.motozintla.chiapas.gob.mx/

Motozintla (Motozintla de Mendoza) is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.

Motozintla occupies part of Mexico's border with Guatemala and is adjacent to the municipalities of Siltepec (to the north), Escuintla and Huixtla (to the west), Tuzantán and Tapachula (to the south), and Mazapa de Madero and El Porvenir (to the northeast). It covers an area of 782.5 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 69,119,[2] up from 59,875 as of 2005.[3]

The municipality had 416 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Motozintla de Mendoza (23,755), classified as urban, and Belisario Domínguez (2,011), classified as rural.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.citypopulation.de/en/mexico/chiapas/07057__motozintla/ Citypopulation.de
  2. Web site: Motozintla. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014.
  3. Web site: Motozintla. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal / Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. August 1, 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110517230548/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chiapas/municipios/07057a.htm. May 17, 2011.