Yajalón

17°10′N 92°20′W / 17.167°N 92.333°W / 17.167; -92.333Country MexicoStateChiapasArea • Total62.7 sq mi (162.3 km²)Population • Total34,028

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

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 34,028,^[1] up from 26,044 as of 2005.^[2] It covers an area of 162.3 km².

As of 2010, the city of Yajalón had a population of 16,622.^[1] Other than the city of Yajalón, the municipality had 247 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Amado Nervo (1,362), and Lázaro Cárdenas (1,151), classified as rural.^[1]

Grolier Codex is believed to have been found in the Yajalon area. Carlson 2013^{[dead link]}

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