Copainalá is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 330.4 km2.

Copainalá
Municipality of Frontera Hidalgo in Chiapas
Municipality of Frontera Hidalgo in Chiapas
Copainalá is located in Mexico
Copainalá
Copainalá
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°5′N 93°12′W / 17.083°N 93.200°W / 17.083; -93.200
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
Area
 • Total127.6 sq mi (330.4 km2)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total21,050

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 21,050,[1] up from 19,298 as of 2005.[2]

As of 2010, the town of Copainalá had a population of 6,550.[1] Other than the town of Copainalá, the municipality had 174 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Ángel Albino Corzo (Guadalupe) (1,469), and Benito Juárez (1,153), classified as rural.[1]

The Copainalá Zoque dialect is spoken, in addition to Spanish.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Copainalá". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Copainalá". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2008.

External links edit

Copainalá Zoque edit