Yajalón

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Yajalón
Municipality
Yajalon es municipio de Chiapas
Yajalon es municipio de Chiapas
Yajalón is located in Mexico
Yajalón
Yajalón
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°10′N 92°20′W / 17.167°N 92.333°W / 17.167; -92.333Coordinates: 17°10′N 92°20′W / 17.167°N 92.333°W / 17.167; -92.333
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
Area
 • Total62.7 sq mi (162.3 km2)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total34,028

Yajalón is a city and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 34,028,[1] up from 26,044 as of 2005.[2] It covers an area of 162.3 km².

As of 2010, the city of Yajalón had a population of 16,622.[1] Other than the city of Yajalón, the municipality had 247 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: (1,362), and (1,151), classified as rural.[1]

Grolier Codex is believed to have been found in the Yajalon area. Carlson 2013[dead link]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Yajalón". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Yajalón". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. Retrieved August 18, 2008.


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