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Municipality in Chiapas, Mexico
Yajalón
Municipality
Yajalon es municipio de ChiapasYajalon es municipio de Chiapas
Yajalón is located in MexicoYajalónYajalónLocation in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°10′N 92°20′W / 17.167°N 92.333°W / 17.167; -92.333
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
Area
 • Total62.7 sq mi (162.3 km)
Population
 • Total34,028

Yajalón is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 34,028, up from 26,044 as of 2005. It covers an area of 162.3 km.

As of 2010, the city of Yajalón had a population of 16,622. Other than the city of Yajalón, the municipality had 247 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Amado Nervo (1,362), and Lázaro Cárdenas (1,151), classified as rural.

Grolier Codex is believed to have been found in the Yajalon area. Carlson 2013

References

  1. ^ "Yajalón". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. "Yajalón". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. Retrieved August 18, 2008.
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