Pichucalco Explained

Pichucalco
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
Area Total Km2:1078.1
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:29,990
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:17.5°N -100°W
Elevation M:44

Pichucalco is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 29,813,[1] up from 29,357 as of 2005.[2] It covers an area of 1,078.1 km².

As of 2010, the city of Pichucalco had a population of 14,212.[1] Other than the city of Pichucalco, the municipality had 86 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: Nuevo Nicapa (1,346), classified as rural.[1]

Pichucalco served as the head town for the second federal electoral district of Chiapas between 1996 and 2005, and again from 2024.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pichucalco. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014.
  2. Web site: Pichucalco. 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/20070930023947/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chiapas/municipios/07068a.htm. September 30, 2007.