Las Margaritas, Chiapas
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Las Margaritas is a city, and the surrounding
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 ...
of the same name, in the
Mexican state The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named Mexico, United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a sepa ...
of
Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...
. The municipal seat is located some 25 km to the northeast of
Comitán de Domínguez Comitán (; formally: Comitán de Domínguez, for Belisario DomínguezComitán de Do ...
, while the municipality extends to the east as far as the border with Guatemala. Part of the
Lagunas de Montebello National Park Lagunas de Montebello, or Montebello Lakes, ( es, Parque Nacional Lagunas de Montebello) is a national park in the Mexican state of Chiapas, near the border with Guatemala, comprising 59 multi-colored lakes in a pine forest and two Maya ruins. ...
is in the municipality's territory.


Demographics

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 111,484, As of 2010, the city of Las Margaritas had a population of 20,786. Other than the city of Las Margaritas, the municipality had 486 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were:
Plan de Ayala The Plan of Ayala (Spanish: ''Plan de Ayala'') was a document drafted by revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata during the Mexican Revolution. In it, Zapata denounced President Francisco I. Madero, Francisco Madero for his perceived betrayal of th ...
(3,164), classified as urban, and Veinte de Noviembre (2,207),
Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...
(1,915), Yasha (1,862),
Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...
(1,808), Nuevo San Juan Chamula (El Pacayal) (1,684), Bajucú (1,665),
Francisco I. Madero Francisco Ignacio Madero González (; 30 October 1873 – 22 February 1913) was a Mexican businessman, revolutionary, writer and statesman, who became the 37th president of Mexico from 1911 until he was deposed in a coup d'etat in February 1 ...
(1,626), Justo Sierra (San Francisco) (1,386), El Edén (1,283),
Saltillo Saltillo () is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila and is also the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. Mexico City, Monterrey, and Saltillo are all connected by a major railroad and highwa ...
(1,222), El Vergel (1,177), Rafael Ramírez (1,075),
Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
(1,062), Lomantán (1,034), and
El Progreso El Progreso () is a city, with a population of 119,260 (2020 calculation), and a municipality located in the Honduran department of Yoro. Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport of San Pedro Sula is located west of the city. To the eas ...
(1,007), classified as rural.


History

The municipality was created and the settlement given the status of a ''pueblo'' (village) on 9 December 1871, by
Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...
José Pantaleón Domínguez José Pantaleón Domínguez Román (27 July 1821, in Comitán Comitán (; formally: Comitán de Domínguez, for Belisario Domínguez
. On 24 March 1981, under Governor
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, the municipal seat was given city ''(ciudad)'' status. In January 1994 it was one of the cities seized by the
Zapatista National Liberation Army The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (, EZLN), often referred to as the Zapatistas (Mexican ), is a far-left political and militant group that controls a substantial amount of territory in Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico. Since ...
(EZLN) during their uprising. The village of La Realidad, headquarters of the EZLN military command, is located in the municipality.


Geography

* *1,521 metres above sea level *Postal code: 30187 *LADA area code: 963


Media

*
XEVFS XEVFS-AM (''La Voz de la Frontera Sur'' – "The Voice of the Southern Border") is an indigenous community radio station that broadcasts in Spanish, Tojolabal, Mam, Tseltal, Tsotsil and Popti (otherwise known as Jakaltek) from Las Margar ...
, a government-run
indigenous Indigenous may refer to: *Indigenous peoples *Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention *Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band *Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...
community radio Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popular ...
station.


References


Las Margaritas
''(Enciclopedia de los municipios de México)''


External links


Las Margaritas
{{Authority control Municipalities of Chiapas