Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
Mexican state of
Chiapas, located approximately southeast of the state capital of
Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Tuxtla Gutiérrez (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Mexican southeastern state of Chiapas. It is the seat of the municipality of the same name, the most developed and populated in the state. A busy government, commercial and servic ...
. Its inhabitants are of Guatemalan origin and speak the
Mam language
Mam or MAM may refer to:
Places
* An Mám or Maum, a settlement in Ireland
* General Servando Canales International Airport in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico (IATA Code: MAM)
* Isle of Mam, a phantom island
* Mam Tor, a hill near Castleton in t ...
.
Geography
The municipality of Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal is located in the
Sierra Madre de Chiapas in the southern part of the state. It borders the municipalities of
Ángel Albino Corzo
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, u ...
to the north,
Honduras de la Sierra
Honduras de la Sierra is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, located approximately southeast of the state capital of Tuxtla Gutiérrez. Gazetted in 2019, it is the newest municipality in Chiapas.
Geography
The municipality of Hondur ...
to the east,
Escuintla
Escuintla () is an industrial city in Guatemala, its land extension is 4384 km², and it is nationally known for its sugar agribusiness. Its capital is a minicipality with the same name. Citizens celebrate from December 6 to 9 with a small fair ...
to the southeast,
Acacoyagua to the south,
Mapastepec to the west, and
Montecristo de Guerrero to the northwest.
The municipality covers an area of .
[
The terrain of Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal is rugged, ranging from in elevation, and is primarily covered by pine-oak forests.]El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve
El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve is a biosphere reserve in southern Mexico. It is in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas in southern Chiapas.
Geography
El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve has an area of 1191.77 km2 in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, a mountain range th ...
, while the eastern part lies in the Pico El Loro-Paxtal Ecological Conservation Area.[
The climate is generally temperate. The average annual rainfall is , with most of it falling between May and October.][
]
History
The community of Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal was founded in 1954 and was originally part of the municipality of Siltepec. On 18 August 2017, the Congress of Chiapas
The Congress of the State of Chiapas ( es, Congreso del Estado de Chiapas) is the legislative branch of the government of the State of Chiapas. It was constituted for the first time after the state's accession to Mexico on January 5, 1825. The Co ...
approved the separation of Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal and its surrounding communities from Siltepec to create a new municipality.[
]
Administration
In 2018, Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal elected its first municipal president, Emiselda González Roblero.
Demographics
In the 2010 Mexican Census, the localities that now comprise the municipality of Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal recorded a total population of 3653 inhabitants.[
There are 49 localities in the municipality, of which only the municipal seat, also named Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal, is designated as urban. It recorded a population of 563 inhabitants in the 2010 Census.][
]
Economy
Coffee production is the predominant economic activity in Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal. Dairy cattle are also raised.[
]
References
{{Chiapas, state=collapsed
Municipalities of Chiapas
2017 establishments in Mexico
States and territories established in 2017