Pantepec, Chiapas

Pantepec
Municipality of Pantepec in Chiapas
Pantepec
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°11′N 93°03′W / 17.183°N 93.050°W / 17.183; -93.050
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
Founded1915
Area
  Total
47.2 km2 (18.2 sq mi)
Elevation
1,470 m (4,820 ft)
Population
 (2010)
  Total
10,870
  Density230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Postal code
29660, 29661
Area code(+52) 200

Pantepec is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. The Chiapas Zoque language is spoken in this municipality.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 10,870, up from 8,566 as of 2005. It covers an area of 47.2 km2.

As of 2010, the town of Pantepec had a population of 1,820. Other than the town of Pantepec, the municipality had 54 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: San Isidro las Banderas (1,309), classified as rural.