Municipalities of Chiapas

Chiapas is a state in Southwest Mexico. According to the 2015 Mexican Intercensal Survey, it is the state that has the seventh largest population with 5,217,908 inhabitants and the 10th largest by land area spanning 73,560.47 square kilometres (28,401.86 sq mi).[1][2] Chiapas is officially divided into 125 municipalities,[3][4] although the establishment of municipal authorities in Belisario Domínguez has been suspended since 2015 pending the resolution of a territorial dispute between Chiapas and the neighbouring state of Oaxaca.[5]

Map of Mexico with Chiapas highlighted

Municipalities in Chiapas are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico.[6] Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president (Spanish: presidente municipal) by a plurality voting system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council (ayuntamiento) responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (regidores y síndicos).[7] Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, supervision of slaughterhouses and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries.[8] They may also assist the state and federal governments in education, emergency fire and medical services, environmental protection and maintenance of monuments and historical landmarks. Since 1984, they have had the power to collect property taxes and user fees, although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than from their own income.[8]

The largest municipality by population is the state capital Tuxtla Gutiérrez, with 598,710 residents while the smallest is Sunuapa with 2,283 residents.[1] The largest municipality by land area is Ocosingo which spans 9,520.12 km² (3,675.74 sq mi), and the smallest is Santiago el Pinar which spans 16.59 km² (6.41 sq mi).[2]

Municipalities

• Largest municipalities in Chiapas by population
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  Skyline of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, the capital and the largest municipality by population in Chiapas
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  Street in downtown Tapachula, the second largest municipality by population in Chiapas
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  Entrance to Ocosingo, the third largest municipality by population in Chiapas
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  Panorama of San Cristóbal de las Casas, the fourth largest municipality by population in Chiapas
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  Skyline of Comitán, the fifth largest municipality by population in Chiapas

  State capital

Name	Municipal seat	Population (2015)[1][9]	Population (2010)[10]	Change	Land area[2]		Population density (2015)	Incorporation date[11]
					km^2	sq mi
Acacoyagua	Acacoyagua	18,082	16,814	+7.5%	248.92	96.11	72.6/km^2 (188.1/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Acala	Acala	31,424	28,947	+8.6%	482.78	186.40	65.1/km^2 (168.6/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Acapetahua	Acapetahua	28,380	27,580	+2.9%	561.81	216.91	50.5/km^2 (130.8/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Aldama	Aldama	6,712	5,072	+32.3%	26.90	10.39	249.5/km^2 (646.3/sq mi)	July 28, 1999[12]
Altamirano[lower-alpha 1]	Altamirano	32,872	29,865	+10.1%	958.34	370.02	34.3/km^2 (88.8/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Amatán	Amatán	19,348	21,275	−9.1%	316.97	122.38	61.0/km^2 (158.1/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Amatenango de la Frontera	Amatenango de la Frontera	30,732	29,547	+4.0%	254.46	98.25	120.8/km^2 (312.8/sq mi)	August 16, 1884
Amatenango del Valle	Amatenango del Valle	9,913	8,728	+13.6%	152.64	58.93	64.9/km^2 (168.2/sq mi)
Angel Albino Corzo	Jaltenango de la Paz	28,162	26,628	+5.8%	583.54	225.31	48.3/km^2 (125.0/sq mi)
Arriaga	Arriaga	40,114	40,042	+0.2%	810.52	312.94	49.5/km^2 (128.2/sq mi)	May 28, 1910
Bejucal de Ocampo	Bejucal de Ocampo	7,494	7,623	−1.7%	79.00	30.50	94.9/km^2 (245.7/sq mi)	May 4, 1912
Belisario Domínguez[lower-alpha 2]	Rodulfo Figueroa
Bella Vista	Bella Vista	20,142	19,281	+4.5%	214.47	82.81	93.9/km^2 (243.2/sq mi)
Benemérito de las Américas	Benemérito de las Américas	20,193	17,282	+16.8%	1,096.70	423.44	18.4/km^2 (47.7/sq mi)
Berriozábal	Berriozábal	51,722	43,179	+19.8%	353.15	136.35	146.5/km^2 (379.3/sq mi)	May 30, 1898
Bochil	Bochil	34,997	30,642	+14.2%	366.42	141.48	95.5/km^2 (247.4/sq mi)	August 28, 1929
Cacahoatán	Cacahoatán	45,594	43,811	+4.1%	174.80	67.49	260.8/km^2 (675.5/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal	Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal
Catazajá	Catazajá	17,065	17,140	−0.4%	631.76	243.93	27.0/km^2 (70.0/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Chalchihuitán	Chalchihuitán	16,803	14,027	+19.8%	185.91	71.78	90.4/km^2 (234.1/sq mi)
Chamula	Chamula	87,332	76,941	+13.5%	345.67	133.46	252.6/km^2 (654.4/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Chanal	Chanal	12,181	10,817	+12.6%	408.07	157.56	29.9/km^2 (77.3/sq mi)
Chapultenango	Chapultenango	7,644	7,332	+4.3%	182.02	70.28	42.0/km^2 (108.8/sq mi)	September 4, 1837
Chenalhó	Chenalhó	39,648	36,111	+9.8%	252.23	97.39	157.2/km^2 (407.1/sq mi)
Chiapa de Corzo	Chiapa de Corzo	100,751	87,603	+15.0%	833.39	321.77	120.9/km^2 (313.1/sq mi)
Chiapilla	Chiapilla	5,899	5,405	+9.1%	51.58	19.91	114.4/km^2 (296.2/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Chicoasén	Chicoasén	5,000	5,018	−0.4%	115.72	44.68	43.2/km^2 (111.9/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Chicomuselo	Chicomuselo	34,744	31,515	+10.2%	999.91	386.07	34.7/km^2 (90.0/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Chilón	Chilón	127,914	111,554	+14.7%	1,685.16	650.65	75.9/km^2 (196.6/sq mi)	September 4, 1837
Cintalapa	Cintalapa de Figueroa	84,455	78,114	+8.1%	2,448.75	945.47	34.5/km^2 (89.3/sq mi)
Coapilla	Coapilla	9,210	8,444	+9.1%	155.53	60.05	59.2/km^2 (153.4/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Comitán de Domínguez	Comitán de Domínguez	153,448	141,013	+8.8%	981.19	378.84	156.4/km^2 (405.0/sq mi)	September 4, 1837
Copainalá	Copainalá	21,800	21,050	+3.6%	347.56	134.20	62.7/km^2 (162.4/sq mi)	September 4, 1837
El Bosque	El Bosque	22,606	18,559	+21.8%	159.69	61.65	141.6/km^2 (366.7/sq mi)
El Parral	El Parral
El Porvenir	El Porvenir	14,121	13,201	+7.0%	82.95	32.03	170.2/km^2 (440.9/sq mi)
Emiliano Zapata	20 de Noviembre
Escuintla	Escuintla	31,822	30,068	+5.8%	418.36	161.53	76.1/km^2 (197.0/sq mi)
Francisco León	Rivera el Viejo Carmen	7,430	7,000	+6.1%	210.79	81.39	35.2/km^2 (91.3/sq mi)
Frontera Comalapa	Frontera Comalapa	73,436	67,012	+9.6%	767.14	296.19	95.7/km^2 (247.9/sq mi)
Frontera Hidalgo	Frontera Hidalgo	14,416	12,665	+13.8%	94.38	36.44	152.7/km^2 (395.6/sq mi)
Honduras de la Sierra[lower-alpha 3]	Honduras de la Sierra							July 15, 2018
Huehuetán	Huehuetán	35,017	33,444	+4.7%	304.26	117.48	115.1/km^2 (298.1/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Huitiupán	Huitiupán	23,172	22,536	+2.8%	340.23	131.36	68.1/km^2 (176.4/sq mi)
Huixtán	Huixtán	23,625	21,507	+9.8%	311.82	120.40	75.8/km^2 (196.2/sq mi)
Huixtla	Huixtla	54,332	51,359	+5.8%	397.55	153.50	136.7/km^2 (354.0/sq mi)
Ixhuatán	Ixhuatan	11,342	10,239	+10.8%	94.68	36.55	119.8/km^2 (310.3/sq mi)
Ixtacomitán	Ixtacomitán	10,772	10,176	+5.9%	125.66	48.52	85.7/km^2 (222.0/sq mi)
Ixtapa	Ixtapa	27,198	24,517	+10.9%	280.02	108.12	97.1/km^2 (251.6/sq mi)
Ixtapangajoya	Ixtapangajoya	5,384	5,478	−1.7%	107.60	41.54	50.0/km^2 (129.6/sq mi)
Jiquipilas	Jiquipilas	39,109	37,818	+3.4%	1,305.75	504.15	30.0/km^2 (77.6/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Jitotol	Jitotol	20,606	18,683	+10.3%	236.37	91.26	87.2/km^2 (225.8/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Juárez	Juárez	21,222	21,084	+0.7%	745.21	287.73	28.5/km^2 (73.8/sq mi)
La Concordia	La Concordia	46,405	44,082	+5.3%	2,580.75	996.43	18.0/km^2 (46.6/sq mi)	February 14, 1849
La Grandeza	La Grandeza	7,057	7,272	−3.0%	48.86	18.87	144.4/km^2 (374.1/sq mi)
La Independencia	La Independencia	44,891	41,266	+8.8%	516.08	199.26	87.0/km^2 (225.3/sq mi)
La Libertad	La Libertad	4,915	4,974	−1.2%	458.10	176.87	10.7/km^2 (27.8/sq mi)
La Trinitaria	La Trinitaria	76,917	72,769	+5.7%	1,608.38	621.00	47.8/km^2 (123.9/sq mi)
Larráinzar	San Andrés Larráinzar	23,889	20,349	+17.4%	149.29	57.64	160.0/km^2 (414.4/sq mi)
Las Margaritas	Las Margaritas	122,821	111,484	+10.2%	3,025.71	1,168.23	40.6/km^2 (105.1/sq mi)
Las Rosas	Las Rosas	28,261	25,530	+10.7%	235.61	90.97	119.9/km^2 (310.7/sq mi)
Mapastepec	Mapastepec	47,932	43,913	+9.2%	1,223.87	472.54	39.2/km^2 (101.4/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Maravilla Tenejapa	Maravilla Tenejapa	12,945	11,451	+13.0%	637.12	245.99	20.3/km^2 (52.6/sq mi)
Marqués de Comillas	Zamora Pico de Oro	11,444	9,856	+16.1%	912.40	352.28	12.5/km^2 (32.5/sq mi)
Mazapa de Madero	Mazapa de Madero	7,769	7,793	−0.3%	110.69	42.74	70.2/km^2 (181.8/sq mi)
Mazatán	Mazatán	29,239	26,573	+10.0%	383.99	148.26	76.1/km^2 (197.2/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Metapa	Metapa de Domínguez	5,743	5,033	+14.1%	27.33	10.55	210.2/km^2 (544.3/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Mezcalapa	Raudales Malpaso							November 14, 2011[14]
Mitontic	Mitontic	11,906	11,157	+6.7%	36.69	14.17	324.5/km^2 (840.5/sq mi)
Montecristo de Guerrero	Montecristo de Guerrero	7,682	6,900	+11.3%	198.59	76.68	38.7/km^2 (100.2/sq mi)
Motozintla	Motozintla de Mendoza	72,967	69,119	+5.6%	586.39	226.41	124.4/km^2 (322.3/sq mi)
Nicolás Ruíz	Nicolás Ruíz	4,262	4,317	−1.3%	29.63	11.44	143.8/km^2 (372.6/sq mi)
Ocosingo	Ocosingo	218,893	198,877	+10.1%	9,520.12	3,675.74	23.0/km^2 (59.6/sq mi)
Ocotepec	Ocotepec	12,508	11,878	+5.3%	61.34	23.68	203.9/km^2 (528.1/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Ocozocoautla de Espinosa	Ocozocoautla de Espinosa	92,103	82,059	+12.2%	2,102.52	811.79	43.8/km^2 (113.5/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Ostuacán	Ostuacán	18,128	17,067	+6.2%	600.46	231.84	30.2/km^2 (78.2/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Osumacinta	Osumacinta	3,682	3,792	−2.9%	92.61	35.76	39.8/km^2 (103.0/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Oxchuc	Oxchuc	48,126	43,350	+11.0%	417.85	161.33	115.2/km^2 (298.3/sq mi)
Palenque	Palenque	119,826	110,918	+8.0%	2,897.44	1,118.71	41.4/km^2 (107.1/sq mi)
Pantelhó	Pantelhó	22,011	20,589	+6.9%	193.18	74.59	113.9/km^2 (295.1/sq mi)
Pantepec	Pantepec	12,136	10,870	+11.6%	106.03	40.94	114.5/km^2 (296.5/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Pichucalco	Pichucalco	31,107	29,813	+4.3%	595.09	229.76	52.3/km^2 (135.4/sq mi)
Pijijiapan	Pijijiapan	53,525	50,079	+6.9%	1,762.77	680.61	30.4/km^2 (78.6/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacán	Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacán	31,942	31,075	+2.8%	248.25	95.85	128.7/km^2 (333.2/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Rayón	Rayón	9,578	9,002	+6.4%	67.90	26.22	141.1/km^2 (365.3/sq mi)
Reforma	Reforma	45,104	40,711	+10.8%	436.30	168.46	103.4/km^2 (267.8/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Rincón Chamula San Pedro[lower-alpha 4]	Rincón Chamula
Sabanilla	Sabanilla	26,921	25,187	+6.9%	250.78	96.83	107.4/km^2 (278.0/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Salto de Agua	Salto de Agua	63,446	57,253	+10.8%	1,232.27	475.78	51.5/km^2 (133.4/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
San Andrés Duraznal	San Andrés Duraznal	5,163	4,545	+13.6%	38.46	14.85	134.2/km^2 (347.7/sq mi)
San Cristóbal de las Casas	San Cristóbal de las Casas	209,591	185,917	+12.7%	395.50	152.70	529.9/km^2 (1,372.5/sq mi)
San Fernando	San Fernando	39,204	33,060	+18.6%	360.74	139.28	108.7/km^2 (281.5/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
San Juan Cancuc	San Juan Cancuc	34,829	29,016	+20.0%	173.62	67.04	200.6/km^2 (519.6/sq mi)
San Lucas	San Lucas	7,202	6,734	+6.9%	94.35	36.43	76.3/km^2 (197.7/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Santiago el Pinar	Santiago el Pinar	3,684	3,245	+13.5%	16.59	6.41	222.0/km^2 (575.1/sq mi)
Siltepec	Siltepec	35,192	38,143	−7.7%	879.09	339.42	40.0/km^2 (103.7/sq mi)
Simojovel	Simojovel de Allende	44,295	40,297	+9.9%	314.99	121.62	140.6/km^2 (364.2/sq mi)
Sitalá	Sitalá	13,844	12,269	+12.8%	105.75	40.83	130.9/km^2 (339.0/sq mi)
Socoltenango	Socoltenango	18,539	17,125	+8.3%	634.91	245.14	29.2/km^2 (75.6/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Solosuchiapa	Solosuchiapa	8,082	8,065	+0.2%	156.84	60.56	51.5/km^2 (133.5/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Soyaló	Soyaló	10,707	9,740	+9.9%	96.41	37.22	111.1/km^2 (287.6/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Suchiapa	Suchiapa	24,049	21,045	+14.3%	284.85	109.98	84.4/km^2 (218.7/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Suchiate	Ciudad Hidalgo	38,797	35,056	+10.7%	236.98	91.50	163.7/km^2 (424.0/sq mi)
Sunuapa	Sunuapa	2,283	2,235	+2.1%	78.59	30.34	29.0/km^2 (75.2/sq mi)
Tapachula	Tapachula	348,156	320,451	+8.6%	983.65	379.79	353.9/km^2 (916.7/sq mi)
Tapalapa	Tapalapa	3,839	4,121	−6.8%	66.32	25.61	57.9/km^2 (149.9/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Tapilula	Tapilula	12,887	12,170	+5.9%	42.74	16.50	301.6/km^2 (781.0/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Tecpatán	Tecpatán	41,305	41,045	+0.6%	1,260.52	486.69	32.8/km^2 (84.9/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Tenejapa	Tenejapa	43,593	40,268	+8.3%	193.12	74.57	225.7/km^2 (584.6/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Teopisca	Teopisca	43,175	37,607	+14.8%	284.44	109.82	151.8/km^2 (393.1/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Tila	Tila	77,554	71,432	+8.6%	803.89	310.38	96.5/km^2 (249.9/sq mi)	September 12, 1824
Tonalá	Tonala	89,178	84,594	+5.4%	1,858.92	717.73	48.0/km^2 (124.2/sq mi)	September 12, 1824
Totolapa	Totolapa	7,284	6,375	+14.3%	169.10	65.29	43.1/km^2 (111.6/sq mi)	March 6, 1876
Tumbalá	Tumbalá	34,305	31,723	+8.1%	403.52	155.80	85.0/km^2 (220.2/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Tuxtla Chico	Tuxtla Chico	41,823	37,737	+10.8%	161.95	62.53	258.2/km^2 (668.9/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Tuxtla Gutiérrez	Tuxtla Gutiérrez	598,710	553,374	+8.2%	336.07	129.76	1,781.5/km^2 (4,614.1/sq mi)	September 12, 1824
Tuzantán	Tuzantán	31,755	28,137	+12.9%	174.87	67.52	181.6/km^2 (470.3/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Tzimol	Tzimol	15,316	14,009	+9.3%	359.44	138.78	42.6/km^2 (110.4/sq mi)	April 1, 1931
Unión Juárez	Unión Juárez	15,350	14,089	+9.0%	62.26	24.04	246.6/km^2 (638.6/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Venustiano Carranza	Venustiano Carranza	65,009	61,341	+6.0%	1,364.65	526.89	47.6/km^2 (123.4/sq mi)	September 12, 1824
Villa Comaltitlán	Villa Comaltitlán	28,961	27,899	+3.8%	447.05	172.61	64.8/km^2 (167.8/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Villa Corzo	Villa Corzo	79,003	74,477	+6.1%	2,764.48	1,067.37	28.6/km^2 (74.0/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Villaflores	Villaflores	104,833	98,618	+6.3%	1,907.90	736.64	54.9/km^2 (142.3/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Yajalón	Yajalón	37,833	34,028	+11.2%	209.96	81.07	180.2/km^2 (466.7/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Zinacantán	Zinacantán	41,112	36,489	+12.7%	195.26	75.39	210.5/km^2 (545.3/sq mi)	December 11, 1882
Chiapas	—	5,217,908	4,796,580	+8.8%	73,560.47	28,401.86	70.9/km^2 (183.7/sq mi)	—
Mexico[16]	—	119,938,473	112,336,538	+6.8%	1,972,550	761,606	60.8/km^2 (157.5/sq mi)	—

Notes

1. Altamirano was originally incorporated as San Carlos, changing its name on January 30, 1935.[11]
2. Municipal authorities elected in 2015 were rejected by the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation as contrary to its 2012 order prohibiting the naming of municipal authorities in the area, which is disputed by Oaxaca.[5] INEGI does not include it within its National Geostatistical Framework.[13]
3. Honduras de la Sierra became a municipality in 2018. Current population and area figures are not available.
4. Rincon Chamula San Pedro became a municipality in 2017.[15] Current population and area figures are not available.

References

1. "Número de habitantes". INEGI. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
2. "Unidad de Microrregiones Cedulas de Informacion Municipal (SCIM)" (in Spanish). Secretara de Desarrollo Social. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
3. "Constitución Política del Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas". Article 2, Act of September 6, 2017 (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved January 5, 2018.
4. "En 2018 sí habrá elecciones en nuevos municipios de Chiapas: SGG". El Estado (in Spanish). September 21, 2017. Archived from the original on January 6, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
5. "Desaparecen Concejo Municipal por controversia constitucional" (in Spanish). MuralChiapas. April 20, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
6. "Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos". Article 115, Act of 1917 (in Spanish). Retrieved September 27, 2017.
7. OECD (November 12, 2004). New Forms of Governance for Economic Development. OECD Publishing. p. 121. ISBN 9264015329.
8. International Business Publications (2009). Mexico Company Laws and Regulations Handbook. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-4330-7030-3.
9. "Tabulados de la Encuesta Intercensal 2015" (xls) (in Spanish). INEGI. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
10. "Localidades y su población por municipio segun tamaño de localidad" (PDF) (in Spanish). INEGI. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 31, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
11. Estado de Chiapas División Territorial de 1810 a 1995 (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico: INEGI. 1996. pp. 79–95. ISBN 970-13-1486-7.
12. http://www.inafed.gob.mx/work/enciclopedia/EMM07chiapas/municipios/07113a.html
13. "Catálogo Único de Claves de Áreas Geoestadísticas Estatales, Municipales y Localidades". INEGI. November 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
14. "Mezcalapa - Gobierno de Chiapas". Chiapas.gob.mx. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
15. "Rincón Chamula San Pedro se oficializa como el municipio 123 de Chiapas". Noticieros.televisa.com. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
16. "Población" (in Spanish). INEGI. Retrieved January 20, 2018.