Pantepec, Chiapas

Pantepec
Municipality

Municipality of Pantepec in Chiapas
Pantepec

Location in Mexico

Coordinates: 17°11′N 93°03′W / 17.183°N 93.050°WCoordinates: 17°11′N 93°03′W / 17.183°N 93.050°W
Country  Mexico
State Chiapas
Founded 1915
Area
  Total 47.2 km2 (18.2 sq mi)
Elevation 1,470 m (4,820 ft)
Population (2010)
  Total 10,870
  Density 230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Postal code 29660, 29661
Area code(s) (+52) 200

Pantepec is a town and one of the 119 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. The Chiapas Zoque language is spoken in this municipality.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 10,870,[1] up from 8,566 as of 2005.[2] It covers an area of 47.2 km².

As of 2010, the town of Pantepec had a population of 1,820.[1] Other than the town of Pantepec, the municipality had 54 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: San Isidro las Banderas (1,309), classified as rural.[1]

References

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