Amatenango de la Frontera

Municipality in Chiapas, Mexico
15°26′N 92°7′W / 15.433°N 92.117°W / 15.433; -92.117Country MexicoStateChiapasSettledmid-17th centuryArea
 • Total171.4 km2 (66.2 sq mi)Population
 (2010)
 • Total29,547

Amatenango de la Frontera is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 171.4 km² and is a part of Mexico's border with Guatemala.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 29,547,[1] up from 26,094 as of 2005.[2]

The municipality had 123 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: El Pacayal (3,045), classified as urban, and Potrerillo (2,062), Nuevo Amatenango (1,594), Guadalupe Victoria (1,541), and Nueva Morelia (1,032), classified as rural.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Amatenango de la Frontera". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Amatenango de la Frontera". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. INAFED. Archived from the original on 2011-06-17. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
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