Copainalá

Copainalá
Municipality of Frontera Hidalgo in Chiapas
Municipality of Frontera Hidalgo in Chiapas
Copainalá is located in Mexico
Copainalá
Copainalá
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°5′N 93°12′W / 17.083°N 93.200°W / 17.083; -93.200
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
Area
 • Total127.6 sq mi (330.4 km2)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total21,050

Copainalá is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 330.4 km2.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 21,050,[1] up from 19,298 as of 2005.[2]

As of 2010, the town of Copainalá had a population of 6,550.[1] Other than the town of Copainalá, the municipality had 174 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Ángel Albino Corzo (Guadalupe) (1,469), and Benito Juárez (1,153), classified as rural.[1]

The Copainalá Zoque dialect is spoken, in addition to Spanish.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Copainalá". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Copainalá". 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 30, 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2008.

Copainalá Zoque