Pichucalco

Pichucalco
Municipality

Municipality of Pichucalco in Chiapas
Pichucalco

Location in Mexico

Coordinates: 17°30′N 93°07′W / 17.500°N 93.117°W / 17.500; -93.117Coordinates: 17°30′N 93°07′W / 17.500°N 93.117°W / 17.500; -93.117
Country  Mexico
State Chiapas
Area
 • Total 1,078.1 km2 (416.3 sq mi)
Elevation 44 m (144 ft)
Population (2010)
 • Total 29,813

Pichucalco is a town and one of the 119 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 29,813,[1] up from 29,357 as of 2005.[2] It covers an area of 1,078.1 km².


As of 2010, the city of Pichucalco had a population of 14,212.[1] Other than the city of Pichucalco, the municipality had 86 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: Nuevo Nicapa (1,346), classified as rural.[1]

Pichucalco served as the head town for the Second Federal Electoral District of Chiapas between 1996 and 2005.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Pichucalco". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Pichucalco". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal / Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. Retrieved August 1, 2008.
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