Siltepec Explained

Siltepec
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 Km2:685.6
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:38,143
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:15.55°N -112°W

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

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 38,143,[1] up from 32,457 as of 2005.[2] It covered an area of 685.6km².

The area and population of the municipality have since been reduced, after the western portions of its territory were split off to form the municipalities of Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal in 2017[3] and Honduras de la Sierra in 2019.[4]

As of 2010, the town of Siltepec had a population of 3,400.[1] Other than the town of Siltepec, the municipality had 201 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Libertad Ventanas (1,283), El Palmar Grande (1,127), and Vega del Rosario (1,014), classified as rural.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Siltepec. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014.
  2. Web site: Siltepec. 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/20070930033355/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chiapas/municipios/07080a.htm. September 30, 2007.
  3. News: 6 September 2017 . Decreto Número 248 . es . Periódico Oficial del Estado de Chiapas, Segunda Sección . 25 October 2020.
  4. News: 11 September 2019 . Decreto Número 248 . es . Periódico Oficial del Estado de Chiapas . 24 October 2020.