Las Rosas, Chiapas

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Las Rosas
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Municipality of Las Rosas in Chiapas
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Las Rosas
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°21′20″N92°22′2″W / 16.35556°N 92.36722°W / 16.35556; -92.36722
CountryFlag of Mexico.svg Mexico
State Chiapas
Area
  Total
90.2 sq mi (233.5 km2)
Population
 (2005)
  Total
25,530

Las Rosas is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 25,530, [1] up from 21,100 as of 2005. [2] It covers an area of 233.5 km².

As of 2010, the city of Las Rosas had a population of 18,817. [1] Other than the city of Las Rosas, the municipality had 130 localities, none of which had a population over 1,000. [1]

In June 2020 some inhabitants attacked the vehicles of health workers, believing that dengue and coronavirus precautions were measures to wipe out the local population. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Las Rosas". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. "Las Rosas". 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.
  3. "Violencia en un pueblo de Chiapas por un bulo sobre la covid". 12 June 2020.