Municipio Tapachula

Tapachula
Symbols
	coat of arms
	coat of arms
Basic data
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
politics
Presidente municipal	Neftalí Armando del Toro Guzmán
	Calabash Monument in Tapachula

14.916666666667 -92.266666666667Coordinates: 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 )	009,557
Vida Mejor I.	006,460
Álvaro Obregón	005,717
Los Cafetales	003,054
Raymundo Enríquez	003,049
Carrillo Puerto	002,676
Veinte de Noviembre	002.184
El Encanto	001,726
José María Morelos	001,717
Viva México	001,691
Llano de la Lima	001,579
Nuevo Pumpuapa ( Cereso )	001,431
Cebadilla 1ra. Sección	001,384
Los Palacios	001,217
Congregación Reforma	001,132
Octavio Paz	001,124
Acaxman	001,099
San Nicolás Lagartero	001,071
Tinajas 1ra. Sección	001,055
Cantón Villaflor	001,046
Pavencul	001,039
Cebadilla 2da. Sección	001,000

Web links

Commons : Tapachula - collection of images, videos and audio files

Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Tapachula (Spanish)
INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Tapachula (Spanish; PDF)