Tuzantán Explained

Tuzantán
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
Area Total Km2:64.6
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:28,137
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:15.15°N -117°W
Elevation M:60

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

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 28,137,[1] up from 23,180 as of 2005.[2] It covers an area of 64.6 km².

As of 2010, the town of Tuzantán had a population of 2,863.[1] Other than the town of Tuzantán, the municipality had 152 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Xochiltepec (2,563), classified as urban, and Primer Cantón (1,477), Estación Tuzantán (1,225), and Villa Hidalgo (1,089), classified as rural.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tuzantán. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014.
  2. Web site: Tuzantán. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal / Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. August 10, 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210005/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chiapas/municipios/07103a.htm. September 27, 2007.