Pantelhó is a
town
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Origin and use
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and one of the 125
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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.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 20,589,
up from 16,262 as of 2005.
[ ] It covers an area of 136.6 km².
As of 2010, the town of Pantelhó had a population of 6,888.
[ Other than the town of Pantelhó, the municipality had 150 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: Aurora Esquipulas (2,046), classified as rural.][
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Government
Municipal presidents
See also
* 2021 Pantelhó mass kidnapping
References
Municipalities of Chiapas
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