Tonalá 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
state
State most commonly refers to:
* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
**Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
**Nation state, 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 ...
in southern
Mexico
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.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 84,594,
up from 78,438 as of 2005. It covers an area of 1853km
2.
As of 2010, the city of Tonalá had a population of 35,322.
[ Other than the city of Tonalá, the municipality had 960 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Paredón (6,126), Tres Picos (4,403), Cabeza de Toro (3,413), classified as urban, and Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro) (1,778), Ignacio Ramírez (1,689), Huizachal (1,421), Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra) (1,043), San Luqueño (1,016), and Morelos (Mojarras) (1,010), classified as rural.][
]
Transportation
Tren Interoceánico
The Interoceanic Train of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec () is a government-owned railway system in Mexico that has three lines. It seeks to become a global logistics network focused on the manufacture and movement of goods between the Pacific Ocean ...
plans to build a station for its Line K in Tonalá. The second phase of this line, which includes this station, is scheduled to open in mid-2025.
See also
* Feast of Saint Francis
The patronal feast of Saint Francis and Saint Catherine () is a religious and civil celebration annually held on 4 October in Italy and other locations influenced by Christianity.
Patronage
;Francis
;Catherine
Feast day
His patronal ...
References
Municipalities of Chiapas
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