Motozintla

Municipality in Chiapas

15°22′15″N 92°14′54″W / 15.37083°N 92.24833°W / 15.37083; -92.24833Country

Mexico (de jure)

Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities (Controlled by)StateChiapasFounded1620Town status23 October 1912City status10 August 1954Area

• 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 femalesWebsitehttp://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]

References

^ Citypopulation.de Population of Motozintla municipality with localities
^ ^a ^b "Motozintla". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
^ "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.