Municipio Tapachula
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Country | Mexico | |
State | Chiapas | |
Seat | Tapachula de Córdova y Ordóñez | |
surface | 983.6 km² | |
Residents | 320,451 (2010) | |
density | 325.8 inhabitants per km² | |
founding | 1915 | |
Website | tapachula.gob.mx | |
INEGI no. | 07089 | |
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Presidente municipal | Neftalí Armando del Toro Guzmán | |
Calabash Monument in Tapachula |
Coordinates: 14 ° 55 ' N , 92 ° 16' W
Tapachula is a municipality in the south of the Mexican state Chiapas in the Soconusco region . The municipality has about 320,000 inhabitants and an area of 983.6 km². The administrative seat and largest place of the municipality is the city Tapachula de Córdova y Ordóñez , also known as Tapachula for short .
geography
The municipality of Tapachula is located in the south of the Mexican state Chiapas at heights between sea level and 2700 m . It belongs entirely to the physiographic province of the Cordillera Centroamericana and lies entirely in the hydrological region of Costa de Chiapas . The geology of the municipality is determined to 45% by alluvions with 23% tuff , 14% andesite and 10% granite ; The predominant soil types are Luvisol (40%), Phaeozem (34%) and Acrisol (10%). About 67% of the community area is used for arable farming, 16% is used for pasture land, and 8% is forested.
The municipality of Tapachula borders the municipalities of Huehuetán , Tuzantán , Motozintla , Cacahoatán , Tuxtla Chico , Frontera Hidalgo , Suchiate and Mazatán as well as the Republic of Guatemala and the Pacific .
population
In the 2010 census, 320,451 people were counted in 81,757 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 4,310 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , of which 3,335 were speakers of Mam and 328 speakers of Zapotec . A good nine percent of the population was illiterate. 126,879 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which 66% were men and 2.8% were unemployed. 17.5% of the population lived in extreme poverty.
places
The municipality of Tapachula comprises 507 inhabited localidades , of which the main town as well as Puerto Madero, Vida Mejor I, Álvaro Obregón, Los Cafetales, Raymundo Enríquez and Carrillo Puerto are classified as urban by the INEGI . In the 2010 census, 23 towns had a population of over 1000, 312 towns had fewer than 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:
place | Residents |
Tapachula de Córdova y Ordóñez | 202.672 |
Puerto Madero ( San Benito ) | 9,557 |
Vida Mejor I. | 6,460 |
Álvaro Obregón | 5,717 |
Los Cafetales | 3,054 |
Raymundo Enríquez | 3,049 |
Carrillo Puerto | 2,676 |
Veinte de Noviembre | 2.184 |
El Encanto | 1,726 |
José María Morelos | 1,717 |
Viva México | 1,691 |
Llano de la Lima | 1,579 |
Nuevo Pumpuapa ( Cereso ) | 1,431 |
Cebadilla 1ra. Sección | 1,384 |
Los Palacios | 1,217 |
Congregación Reforma | 1,132 |
Octavio Paz | 1,124 |
Acaxman | 1,099 |
San Nicolás Lagartero | 1,071 |
Tinajas 1ra. Sección | 1,055 |
Cantón Villaflor | 1,046 |
Pavencul | 1,039 |
Cebadilla 2da. Sección | 1,000 |
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Tapachula (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Tapachula (Spanish; PDF)