Copainalá

Copainalá
Municipality

Municipality of Frontera Hidalgo in Chiapas
Copainalá

Location in Mexico

Coordinates: 17°5′N 93°12′W / 17.083°N 93.200°W / 17.083; -93.200Coordinates: 17°5′N 93°12′W / 17.083°N 93.200°W / 17.083; -93.200
Country  Mexico
State Chiapas
Area
  Total 127.6 sq mi (330.4 km2)
Population (2010)
  Total 21,050

Copainalá is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 330.4 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 21,050,[1] up from 19,298 as of 2005.[2]

As of 2010, the town of Copainalá had a population of 6,550.[1] Other than the town of Copainalá, the municipality had 174 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Ángel Albino Corzo (Guadalupe) (1,469), and Benito Juárez (1,153), classified as rural.[1]

The Copainalá Zoque dialect is spoken, in addition to Spanish.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Copainalá". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. "Copainalá". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. Retrieved July 25, 2008.

External links

Copainalá Zoque


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