Las Margaritas, Chiapas
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Demographics
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 111,484,[1]
As of 2010, the city of Las Margaritas had a population of 20,786.[1] Other than the city of Las Margaritas, the municipality had 486 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Plan de Ayala (3,164), classified as urban, and Veinte de Noviembre (2,207), Jalisco (1,915), Yasha (1,862), Chiapas (1,808), Nuevo San Juan Chamula (El Pacayal) (1,684), Bajucú (1,665), Francisco I. Madero (1,626), Justo Sierra (San Francisco) (1,386), El Edén (1,283), Saltillo (1,222), El Vergel (1,177), Rafael Ramírez (1,075), Veracruz (1,062), Lomantán (1,034), and El Progreso (1,007), classified as rural.[1]
History
The municipality was created and the settlement given the status of a pueblo (village) on 9 December 1871, by Governor José Pantaleón Domínguez. On 24 March 1981, under Governor Juan Sabines Gutiérrez, the municipal seat was given city (ciudad) status.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In January 1994 it was one of the cities seized by the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) during their uprising. The village of La Realidad, headquarters of the EZLN military command, is located in the municipality.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Geography
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- 1,521 metres above sea level
- Postal code: 30187
- LADA area code: 963
Climate
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Media
- XEVFS, a government-run indigenous community radio station.
References
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- Las Margaritas (Enciclopedia de los municipios de México)
External links
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