Socoltenango is a
town
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and
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
Mexican state
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of
Chiapas
Chiapas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas, is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises Municipalities of Chiapas, 124 municipalities and its capital and large ...
in southern
Mexico
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.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 17,125,
up from 15,171 as of 2005.
[ ] It covers an area of 775 km².
As of 2010, the town of Socoltenango had a population of 4,863.
[ Other than the town of Socoltenango, the municipality had 125 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: Tzinil (1,106), classified as rural.][
]
References
Municipalities of Chiapas
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