Municipio Siltepec
Siltepec | |
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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 .
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Siltepec (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Siltepec (Spanish; PDF)
- El Portal de Chiapas: Map of the municipality (PDF; 26.4 MB)