Municipio Siltepec

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Siltepec
location
Basic data
Country Mexico
State Chiapas
Seat Siltepec
surface 879.1 km²
Residents 38,143 (2010)
density 43.4 inhabitants per km²
INEGI no. 07080
politics
Presidente municipal José Trinidad Ramírez Muñoz

Coordinates: 15 ° 33 ′  N , 92 ° 20 ′  W

Siltepec is a municipality in the south of the Mexican state Chiapas . The municipality is located in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas . The name of this place comes from Nahuatl and means "from the mountain of small snails".

The municipality has about 38,000 inhabitants and an area of ​​879.1 km². The administrative seat and largest place of the municipality is the eponymous Siltepec .

Parts of the nature reserves Reserva de la Biosfera "El Triunfo" and Zona Sujeta a Conservación Ecológica "Pico el Loro El Paxtal" are located in the municipality .

The municipality of Siltepec borders on the municipalities Ángel Albino Corzo , Chicomuselo , Bella Vista , La Grandeza , El Porvenir , Motozintla , Escuintla , Acacoyagua and Mapastepec .

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