Unión Juárez, Chiapas Explained

Unión Juárez
Settlement Type:Municipality
Native Name:TXalajte' (Mam)
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 Km2:268.3
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:15,350
Population Density Km2:57.21
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Coordinates:15.0667°N -97°W
Elevation M:1281

Unión Juárez (Mam: TXalajte') is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. The majority of the population in the municipality is Mam people that preserves the Mam traditions and Mam language.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 14,089,[1] up from 13,934 as of 2005.[2] It covers an area of 268.3 km².

As of 2010, the town of Unión Juárez had a population of 2,635.[1] Other than the town of Unión Juárez, the municipality had 44 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Santo Domingo (3,796), classified as urban, and Once de Abril (1,209), classified as rural.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Unión Juárez. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014.
  2. Web site: Unión Juárez . Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México . Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal / Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas . 2008-08-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930020547/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chiapas/municipios/07105a.htm . 2007-09-30 . dead .