Catazajá

Catazajá
Municipality

Municipality of Catazajá in Chiapas
Catazajá

Location in Mexico

Coordinates: 17°44′N 92°01′W / 17.733°N 92.017°WCoordinates: 17°44′N 92°01′W / 17.733°N 92.017°W
Country  Mexico
State Chiapas
Area
  Total 240 sq mi (621 km2)
Population (2010)
  Total 17,140

Catazajá is a town and one of the 122 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 621 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 17,140,[1] up from 15,709 as of 2005.[2]

As of 2010, the town of Catazajá had a population of 2,973.[1] Other than the town of Catazajá, the municipality had 249 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Punta Arena (1,365) and Loma Bonita (1,071), classified as rural.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Catazajá". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. "Catazajá". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. Retrieved July 25, 2008.