Chiautempan

Chiautempan, Mexico
City
Chiautempan
Chiautempan, Mexico
Coordinates: 19°18′50″N 98°11′35″W / 19.31389°N 98.19306°W / 19.31389; -98.19306
CountryMexico
StateTlaxcala
MunicipalitySanta Ana Chiautempan
Founded1380 AD
Government
  Presidente MunicipalLinda Marina Dolores Munive Temoltzín (2005-08)
Area
(municip.)
  Total
66.21 km2 (25.56 sq mi)
Elevation
2,300 m (7,500 ft)
Population
 (2005)
  Total
46,776
 (municip.)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (US Central))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central)
Postal code
90800
Area code246
DemonymChiautempense
Websitewww.chiautempan.gob.mx

Santa Ana Chiautempan is a city in Chiautempan Municipality in the south-central part of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala. The city serves as the municipal seat of the municipality, which covers an area of 66.21 km² (25.56 sq mi). At the 2005 census it had a population of 46,776 inhabitants, the fourth-largest community in the state in population (after Villa Vicente Guerrero, Apizaco, and Huamantla). The city lies at the extreme western end of the municipality, which had a census population of 63,300 inhabitants.

Its largest other communities are the towns of San Bartolomé Cuahuixmatlac, San Pedro Tlalcuapan de Nicolás Bravo, and San Pedro Muñoztla.