Nicolás Ruiz

Nicolás Ruíz
Nicolás Ruíz
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°26′N 92°35′W / 16.433°N 92.583°W / 16.433; -92.583
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
Settled25 February 1868
Area
  Total
137 km2 (53 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
  Total
4,317
Websitewww.nicolasruizchiapas.com

Nicolás Ruíz is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 4,317, up from 3,135 as of 2005. It covers an area of 137 km2. Other than the town of Nicolás Ruíz, the municipality had 2 localities, neither of which had a population over 1,000.

The settlement was originally known as San Diego de la Reforma; it acquired its present name on 14 February 1934 to honor 19th-century Governor of Chiapas Nicolás Ruiz.