Unión Juárez, Chiapas

Not to be confused with Juárez, Chiapas.
Unión Juárez
TXalajte' (Mam)
Municipality
Municipality of Unión Juárez in Chiapas
Municipality of Unión Juárez in Chiapas
Unión Juárez is located in Mexico
Unión Juárez
Unión Juárez
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 15°04′N 92°5′W / 15.067°N 92.083°W / 15.067; -92.083
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
Area
 • Total
268.3 km2 (103.6 sq mi)
Elevation
1,281 m (4,203 ft)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total
15,350
 • Density57.21/km2 (148.2/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)

Unión Juárez (Mam: TXalajte') is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. The majority of the population in the municipality is Mam people that preserves the Mam traditions and Mam language.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 14,089,[1] up from 13,934 as of 2005.[2] It covers an area of 268.3 km².

As of 2010, the town of Unión Juárez had a population of 2,635.[1] Other than the town of Unión Juárez, the municipality had 44 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Santo Domingo (3,796), classified as urban, and Once de Abril (1,209), classified as rural.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Unión Juárez". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Unión Juárez". 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 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
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