Palenque Municipality | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Chiapas |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipal Seat |
Subdivision Name2: | Palenque |
Leader Title: | Municipal President |
Leader Name: | Jorge Cabrera Aguilar (2021—2024) |
Established Title: | Created |
Established Date: | 1915 |
Area Total Km2: | 2888 |
Area Footnotes: | (2020)[1] |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 132265 |
Population Density Km2: | 45.8 |
Timezone: | Central (US Central) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | Central |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 17.4333°N -139°W |
Elevation Footnotes: | (Median) |
Elevation M: | 92 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 29960—29969 |
Area Code: | 916 |
Website: | http://www.palenque.gob.mx/ |
Palenque Municipality is a municipality in Chiapas in south Mexico.
Neighboring municipalities are Catazajá to the north, La Libertad to the east, Ocosingo and Chilón to the south, Salto de Agua to the west, and the other Mexican stat – Tabasco to the north and east, and country Guatemala to the southeast.[2]
There are 683 localities, the largest of which are:
Code INEGI | Locality | Population | |
065 | Total Municipality | 132,265 | |
0001 | 51,797 | ||
0105 | 2,236 | ||
0182 | 1,726 | ||
0047 | 1,467 | ||
0191 | 1,385 |