Motozintla

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Motozintla
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Motozintla
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 15°22′15″N92°14′54″W / 15.37083°N 92.24833°W / 15.37083; -92.24833
CountryFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (de jure)
Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional, Flag.svg Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities (Controlled by)
State Chiapas
Founded1620
Town status23 October 1912
City status10 August 1954
Area
  Total782.5 km2 (302.1 sq mi)
  City5.26 km2 (2.03 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census) [1]
  Total76,398
  Density98/km2 (250/sq mi)
  City
27,815
  City density5,300/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
  Gender
37,425 males and 38,973 females
Website http://www.motozintla.chiapas.gob.mx/

Motozintla (Motozintla de Mendoza) is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.

Motozintla occupies part of Mexico's border with Guatemala and is adjacent to the municipalities of Siltepec (to the north), Escuintla and Huixtla (to the west), Tuzantán and Tapachula (to the south), and Mazapa de Madero and El Porvenir (to the northeast). It covers an area of 782.5 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 69,119, [2] up from 59,875 as of 2005. [3]

The municipality had 416 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Motozintla de Mendoza (23,755), classified as urban, and Belisario Domínguez (2,011), classified as rural. [2]

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References

  1. Citypopulation.de Population of Motozintla municipality with localities
  2. 1 2 "Motozintla". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  3. "Motozintla". 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 May 17, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2008.