Pantepec, Chiapas

Municipality in Chiapas, Mexico

17°11′N 93°03′W / 17.183°N 93.050°W / 17.183; -93.050Country

MexicoStateChiapasFounded1915Area

• Total47.2 km² (18.2 sq mi)Elevation

1,470 m (4,820 ft)Population

(2010)

• Total10,870 • Density230/km² (600/sq mi)Postal code

29660, 29661

Area code(+52) 200

Pantepec is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. The Chiapas Zoque language is spoken in this municipality.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 10,870,^[1] up from 8,566 as of 2005.^[2] It covers an area of 47.2 km².

As of 2010, the town of Pantepec had a population of 1,820.^[1] Other than the town of Pantepec, the municipality had 54 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: San Isidro las Banderas (1,309), classified as rural.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Pantepec". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
^ "Pantepec". 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 27, 2007. Retrieved August 2, 2008.