Rayón is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and 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
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.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 9,002,
up from 6,870 as of 2005.
[ ] It covers an area of 94.4 km².
As of 2010, the town of Rayón had a population of 5,895.
[ Other than the town of Rayón, the municipality had 43 localities, none of which had a population over 1,000.][
]
References
Municipalities of Chiapas
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