Cintalapa is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an o ...
and one of the 122
Municipalities of Chiapas
Chiapas is a state in Southwest Mexico. According to the 2020 Mexican Census, it has the eighth largest population of all states with inhabitants and the 10th largest by land area spanning . Chiapas is officially divided into 124 municipalities, ...
, in southern
Mexico
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. It covers an area of 2404.6 km².
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 78,114,
up from 64,013 as of 2005.
The municipality had 943 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were:
Cintalapa de Figueroa (42,467),
Lázaro Cárdenas
Lázaro Cárdenas del Río (; 21 May 1895 – 19 October 1970) was a Mexican army officer and politician who served as president of Mexico from 1934 to 1940.
Born in Jiquilpan, Michoacán, to a working-class family, Cárdenas joined the Me ...
(3,002), classified as urban, and
Cereso 14 (El Amate) (2,243),
Villamorelos (1,677),
Nueva Tenochtitlán (Rizo de Oro) (1,640),
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata Salazar (; August 8, 1879 – April 10, 1919) was a Mexican revolutionary. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the ins ...
(1,507),
Pomposo Castellanos (1,489),
Francisco I. Madero (1,444),
Mérida (1,412), and
Vista Hermosa (1,149), classified as rural.
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References
Municipalities of Chiapas
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