San Fernando, Chiapas Explained

San Fernando
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
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Chiapas
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:258.3
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:41,793
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:16.8667°N -93.2°W

San Fernando is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.

As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 41,793,[1] [2] up from 26,436 as of 2005.[3] It covers an area of 258.3 km2.

As of 2010, the town of San Fernando had a population of 9,651.[2] Other than the town of San Fernando, the municipality had 196 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: El Progreso (2,704), El Copalar (2,039), Francisco I. Madero (1,993), Gabriel Esquinca (1,968), Benito Juárez (1,488), Viva Cárdenas (1,431), Álvaro Obregón (1,126), and 16 de Septiembre (1,020), classified as rural.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: San Fernando (Municipality, Mexico) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-21 . www.citypopulation.de.
  2. Web site: San Fernando. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014.
  3. Web site: San Fernando. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. 1 August 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024227/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chiapas/municipios/07074a.htm. 30 September 2007.