Palenque Municipality is a municipality in Chiapas in south Mexico.
Palenque Municipality | |
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Municipality | |
![]() Location of the municipality in Sonora. | |
Coordinates: 17°26′N 91°48′W | |
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State | Chiapas |
Municipal Seat | Palenque |
Created | 1915 |
Government | |
• Municipal President | Jorge Cabrera Aguilar (2021—2024) |
Area (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 2,888 km2 (1,115 sq mi) |
Elevation (Median) | 92 m (302 ft) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 132,265 |
• Density | 45.8/km2 (119/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (US Central)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central) |
Postal code | 29960—29969 |
Area code(s) | 916 |
Website | http://www.palenque.gob.mx/ |
Neighboring municipalities are Catazajá to the north, La Libertad to the east, Ocosingo and Chilón to the south, Salto de Agua to the west, and the other Mexican stat – Tabasco to the north and east, and country Guatemala to the southeast.[2]
There are 683 localities, the largest of which are:
Code INEGI | Locality | Population |
065 | Total Municipality | 132,265 |
0001 | Palenque | 51,797 |
0105 | Río Chancalá | 2,236 |
0182 | Agua Blanca Serranía | 1,726 |
0047 | El Edén | 1,467 |
0191 | Arimatea | 1,385 |
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