Ixtapangajoya 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
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
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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, ...
in southern
Mexico
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.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 5,478,
up from 4,707 as of 2005.
It covers an area of 201.2 km².
As of 2010, the town of Ixtapangajoya had a population of 1,272,
[ up from 826 as of 2005.][ Other than the town of Ixtapangajoya, the municipality had 24 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: La Gloria (1,478), classified as urban, and classified as rural.][
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References
Municipalities of Chiapas
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