Francisco León | |
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Municipality | |
![]() Municipality of Francisco León in Chiapas |
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Location in Mexico | |
Coordinates: 17°19′N 93°15′W / 17.317°N 93.250°WCoordinates: 17°19′N 93°15′W / 17.317°N 93.250°W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Chiapas |
Area | |
• Total | 1,704.1 km2 (658.0 sq mi) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 7,000 |
Francisco León is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 114.3 km². In 1982 parts of the municipality were buried in the eruption of El Chichón Volcano.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 7,000,[1] up from 5,236 as of 2005.[2]
The municipality had 50 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: San Miguel la Sardina (1,106), classified as rural.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Francisco León". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ "Francisco León". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal / Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. Retrieved July 25, 2008.