El Chichón
El Chichón, also known as Chichonal, is an active volcano in Francisco León, Chiapas, Francisco León, north-western Chiapas, Mexico. El Chichón is part of a geologic zone known as the Chiapanecan Volcanic Arc. El Chichón is a complex of domes with a tuff ring, made of ejected volcanic material, located between the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt and the Central America Volcanic Arc.Robock, Alan, 2001: Volcanic eruption, El Chichón. in ''Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change'', vol. 1, Ted Munn, Ed., (John Wiley and Sons, London), 736. El Chichón erupted in 1982; prior to this, activity had not occurred since 1360, although debates in literature occur around an eruption occurring in 1850. El Chichón became famous for its 1982 eruption. In little under a week, the presumed dormant volcano produced three plinian eruptions (March 29, April 3, and April 4). The eruptions released a substantial amount of sulfur dioxide and particulates into the atmosphere. While the total vol ...
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Francisco León, Chiapas
Francisco León is one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 114.3 km². In 1982 parts of the municipality were buried in the eruption of El Chichón Volcano. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 7,000, up from 5,236 as of 2005. The municipality had 50 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: San Miguel la Sardina, Chiapas, San Miguel la Sardina (1,106), classified as rural. References

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