Palenque Municipality

Palenque Municipality
Municipality
Location of the municipality in Chiapas.
Coordinates: 17°26′N91°48′W / 17.433°N 91.800°W / 17.433; -91.800
Country	Mexico
State	Chiapas
Municipal Seat	Palenque
Created	1915
Government
• Municipal President	Jorge Cabrera Aguilar (2021—2024)
Area (2020) [1]
• Total	2,888 km2 (1,115 sq mi)
Elevation (Median)	92 m (302 ft)
Population  (2020)
• Total	132,265
• Density	45.8/km2 (119/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (US Central))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central)
Postal code	29960—29969
Area code	916
Website	http://www.palenque.gob.mx/

Palenque Municipality is a municipality in Chiapas in south Mexico.

Neighboring municipalities

Neighboring municipalities are Catazajá to the north, La Libertad to the east, Ocosingo and Chilón to the south, Salto de Agua to the west, and the other Mexican stat – Tabasco to the north and east, and country Guatemala to the southeast. ^[2]

Localities

There are 683 localities, the largest of which are:

Code INEGI	Locality	Population
065	Total Municipality	132,265
0001	Palenque	51,797
0105	Río Chancalá	2,236
0182	Agua Blanca Serranía	1,726
0047	El Edén	1,467
0191	Arimatea	1,385

References

1. Sociodemographic panorama of Chiapas
2. "Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Palenque". Archived from the original on 2022-04-12. Retrieved 2022-04-03.