Francisco León is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
Mexican state
A Mexican State (), officially the Free and Sovereign State (), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, a ...
of
Chiapas
Chiapas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas, is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises Municipalities of Chiapas, 124 municipalities and its capital and large ...
. 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 (1,106), classified as rural.
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References
Municipalities of Chiapas
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