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 | |
| Country | |
| 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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