Tuzantán

Tuzantán
Municipality
Tuzantán

Location in Mexico

Coordinates: 15°9′N 92°25′W / 15.150°N 92.417°W / 15.150; -92.417Coordinates: 15°9′N 92°25′W / 15.150°N 92.417°W / 15.150; -92.417
Country  Mexico
State Chiapas
Area
  Total 64.6 km2 (24.9 sq mi)
Population (2010)
  Total 28,137

Tuzantán is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities 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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tuzantán". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. "Tuzantán". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal / Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. Retrieved August 10, 2008.
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