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Las Margaritas, Chiapas

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subdivision_name2Las Margaritas
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established_date9 December 1871
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Las Margaritas is a city, and the surrounding municipality of the same name, in the Mexican state of Chiapas. The municipal seat is located some 25 km to the northeast of Comitán de Domínguez, while the municipality extends to the east as far as the border with Guatemala. Part of the Lagunas de Montebello National Park is in the municipality's territory.

Demographics

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 111,484,

As of 2010, the city of Las Margaritas had a population of 20,786. 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.

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.

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.

Geography

  • 1,521 metres above sea level
  • Postal code: 30187
  • LADA area code: 963

Climate

|Jan record high C = 46.0 |Feb record high C = 48.0 |Mar record high C = 46.0 |Apr record high C = 46.0 |May record high C = 41.0 |Jun record high C = 38.0 |Jul record high C = 38.0 |Aug record high C = 38.0 |Sep record high C = 38.0 |Oct record high C = 39.0 |Nov record high C = 38.0 |Dec record high C = 36.0 |year record high C = |Jan record low C = -2.0 |Feb record low C = 0.1 |Mar record low C = 1.0 |Apr record low C = 3.0 |May record low C = 6.0 |Jun record low C = 5.0 |Jul record low C = 7.0 |Aug record low C = 7.0 |Sep record low C = 5.0 |Oct record low C = 2.0 |Nov record low C = 0.0 |Dec record low C = -2.0 |year record low C = | access-date = 15 February 2025}}{{cite web

Media

  • XEVFS, a government-run indigenous community radio station.

References

References

  1. [http://www.citypopulation.de/en/mexico/admin/chiapas/07052__las_margaritas/ Citypopulation.de] Population of Las Margaritas municipality with localities
  2. "Las Margaritas". [[Secretaría de Desarrollo Social]] (SEDESOL).
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