Francisco León is one of the 119
Municipalities of Chiapas
Chiapas is a state in Southwest Mexico. According to the 2020 Mexican Census, it has the eighth largest population of all states with inhabitants and the 10th largest by land area spanning . Chiapas is officially divided into 124 municipalities, ...
, in southern
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
. It covers an area of 114.3 km². In 1982 parts of the municipality were buried in the eruption of
El Chichón Volcano
EL, El or el may refer to:
Religion
* El (deity), a Semitic word for "God"
People
* EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer
* El DeBarge, music artist
* El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American po ...
.
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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