Escuintla, Chiapas

Escuintla
Municipality
Municipality of Escuintla in Chiapas
Municipality of Escuintla in Chiapas
Escuintla is located in Mexico
Escuintla
Escuintla
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 15°20′N 92°38′W / 15.333°N 92.633°W / 15.333; -92.633
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
Area
 • Total
79.6 sq mi (206.2 km2)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
30,068

Escuintla is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 206.2 km2.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 30,068,[1] up from 28,064 as of 2005.[2]

As of 2010, the town of Escuintla had a population of 9,570.[1] Other than the town of Escuintla, the municipality had 239 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: El Triunfo (2,719), classified as urban, and San Felipe Tizapa (1,087), classified as rural.[1]

Just west of it is the Chantuto Archaeological Site of Acapetahua, which is considered to be the location of the Chantuto people 3000 years BC. Voorhies

Several mountain peaks are nearby, including Cerra Chackaca, Cerro Chachalaca, Cerro Chipilar, Cerro Ovandito, Cerro El Curruche, Cerro Currucho, Cerro Buenavista, Cerro Ovando, Cerro El Encinal, Cerro Buenavista and Cerro Madre Vieja.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Escuintla". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Escuintla". 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.


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