Ángel Albino Corzo

Ángel Albino Corzo
Municipality

Municipality of Ángel Albino Corzo in Chiapas
Ángel Albino Corzo
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°32′N 92°26′W / 16.533°N 92.433°W / 16.533; -92.433Coordinates: 16°32′N 92°26′W / 16.533°N 92.433°W / 16.533; -92.433
Country  Mexico
State Chiapas
Municipal seat Jaltenango de la Paz
Municipality created 24 February 1933
Area
 • Total 1,748.81 km2 (675.22 sq mi)
Elevation 644 m (2,113 ft)
Population (2010)
 • Total 26,628
 • Density 15/km2 (39/sq mi)

Ángel Albino Corzo is one of the 122 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 1748.81 km². Its municipal seat is the town of Jaltenango de la Paz.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 26,628,[1] up from 21,848 as of 2005.[2]

The municipality had 199 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Jaltenango de la Paz (10,427), Nueva Palestina (3,475), classified as urban, and Querétaro (2,203), Francisco I. Madero (1,819), Nueva Colombia (1,568), and Nueva Independencia (1,283), classified as rural.[1]

The municipality was created on 24 February 1933 during the administration of Governor Victórico R. Grajales. It was named for 19th-century Chiapas politician Ángel Albino Corzo (after whom Chiapa de Corzo was also named).

References

  1. 1 2 "Angel Albino Corzo". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Ángel Albino Corzo". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. INAFED. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
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