Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal is a

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in the

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state of

Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil and Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises 124 municipalities ...

, located approximately southeast of the state capital of

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. Its inhabitants are of Guatemalan origin and speak the

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Geography

The municipality of Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal is located in the

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in the southern part of the state. It borders the municipalities of

Ángel Albino Corzo Ángel Albino Corzo is one of the 122 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 1748.81 km². Its municipal seat is the town of Jaltenango de la Paz. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 26,628, up ...

to the north,

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to the east,

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to the southeast,

Acacoyagua Acacoyagua Municipality one of the 122 municipalities of Chiapas, which in turn is one of the states of Mexico. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 16,814, up from 14,189 as of 2005. History The area is notable for being the ...

to the south, Mapastepec to the west, and Montecristo de Guerrero to the northwest. The municipality covers an area of . The terrain of Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal is rugged, ranging from in elevation, and is primarily covered by pine-oak forests. The western part of the municipality lies in

El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve is a biosphere reserves of Mexico, biosphere reserve in southern Mexico. It is in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas in southern Chiapas. Geography El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve has an area of 1191.77 km2 in the Sierra Madre d ...

, while the eastern part lies in the Pico El Loro-Paxtal Ecological Conservation Area. The climate is generally temperate. The average annual rainfall is , with most of it falling between May and October.

History

The community of Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal was founded in 1954 and was originally part of the municipality of Siltepec. On 18 August 2017, the Congress of Chiapas approved the separation of Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal and its surrounding communities from Siltepec to create a new municipality. The decree establishing Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal and

Rincón Chamula San Pedro Rincón Chamula San Pedro is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, located approximately north of the state capital of Tuxtla Gutiérrez. Unlike the mestizo population of the surrounding towns, its population is mostly indigenous Tzotzil ...

as new municipalities was gazetted on 6 September 2017.

Administration

In 2018, Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal elected its first municipal president, Emiselda González Roblero.

Demographics

In the 2010 Mexican Census, the localities that now comprise the municipality of Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal recorded a total population of 3653 inhabitants. There are 49 localities in the municipality, of which only the municipal seat, also named Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal, is designated as urban. It recorded a population of 563 inhabitants in the 2010 Census.

Economy

Coffee production is the predominant economic activity in Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal. Dairy cattle are also raised.

References

{{Chiapas, state=collapsed Municipalities of Chiapas 2017 establishments in Mexico States and territories established in 2017