Pantepec, Chiapas Explained

Pantepec
Settlement Type:Municipality
Mapsize:295px
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
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1915
Area Total Km2:47.2
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:10,870
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:17.1833°N -96°W
Elevation M:1470
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:29660, 29661
Area Code:(+52) 200

Pantepec is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. The Chiapas Zoque language is spoken in this municipality.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 10,870,[1] up from 8,566 as of 2005.[2] It covers an area of 47.2 km2.

As of 2010, the town of Pantepec had a population of 1,820.[1] Other than the town of Pantepec, the municipality had 54 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: San Isidro las Banderas (1,309), classified as rural.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pantepec. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014.
  2. Web site: Pantepec. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. August 2, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927204514/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chiapas/municipios/07067a.htm. September 27, 2007. dead.