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°W / 17.183; -93.050Coordinates: 17°11′N 93°03′W / 17.183°N 93.050°W / 17.183; -93.050
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 2 3 "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.
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