Motozintla (Motozintla de Mendoza) is a
city
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and one of the 119
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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.
Motozintla occupies part of Mexico's
border with Guatemala and is adjacent to the municipalities of
Siltepec (to the north),
Escuintla and
Huixtla (to the west),
Tuzantán and
Tapachula
Tapachula de Córdova y Ordóñez, simply known as Tapachula, is a city and municipality located in the far southeast of the state of Chiapas in Mexico, near the Guatemalan border and the Pacific Ocean. It is one of the most important cities of ...
(to the south), and
Mazapa de Madero
Mazapa de Madero is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 7,793, up from 7,180 as of 2005. It covers an area of 116.8 km2.
As of 2010, the town of ...
and
El Porvenir (to the northeast). It covers an area of 782.5 km².
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 69,119,
up from 59,875 as of 2005.
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The municipality had 416 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Motozintla de Mendoza (23,755), classified as urban, and
Belisario Domínguez (2,011), classified as rural.
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References
Municipalities of Chiapas
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