Las Rosas, Chiapas

Las Rosas
Municipality of Las Rosas in Chiapas
Las Rosas
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°21′20″N 92°22′2″W / 16.35556°N 92.36722°W / 16.35556; -92.36722
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
Area
  Total
90.2 sq mi (233.5 km2)
Population
 (2005)
  Total
25,530

Las Rosas is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 25,530, up from 21,100 as of 2005. It covers an area of 233.5 km².

As of 2010, the city of Las Rosas had a population of 18,817. Other than the city of Las Rosas, the municipality had 130 localities, none of which had a population over 1,000.

In June 2020 some inhabitants attacked the vehicles of health workers, believing that dengue and coronavirus precautions were measures to wipe out the local population.