Tuzantán is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.

Tuzantán
Municipality of Tuzantán in Chiapas
Municipality of Tuzantán in Chiapas
Tuzantán is located in Mexico
Tuzantán
Tuzantán
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 15°9′N 92°25′W / 15.150°N 92.417°W / 15.150; -92.417
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
Area
 • Total64.6 km2 (24.9 sq mi)
Elevation
60 m (200 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total28,137

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 28,137,[1] up from 23,180 as of 2005.[2] It covers an area of 64.6 km².

As of 2010, the town of Tuzantán had a population of 2,863.[1] Other than the town of Tuzantán, the municipality had 152 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Xochiltepec (2,563), classified as urban, and Primer Cantón (1,477), Estación Tuzantán (1,225), and Villa Hidalgo (1,089), classified as rural.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Tuzantán". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Tuzantán". 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 27, 2007. Retrieved August 10, 2008.