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Municipality in Chiapas, Mexico
Sitalá
Municipality
Sitalá is located in MexicoSitaláSitaláLocation in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°2′N 92°18′W / 17.033°N 92.300°W / 17.033; -92.300
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
Area
 • Total150 sq mi (390 km)
Population
 • Total12,269

Sitalá is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. It is, lamentably, one of the poorest municipalities of Chiapas and Mexico.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 12,269, up from 7,959 as of 2005. It covers an area of 178.9 km².

As of 2010, the town of Sitalá had a population of 1,738. Other than the town of Sitalá, the municipality had 144 localities, none of which had a population over 1,000. The main economic activity is agriculture, and it is one of the most explotated oil regions of PEMEX.

References

  1. ^ "Sitalá". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. "Sitalá". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. Archived from the original on April 29, 2007. Retrieved August 3, 2008.
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