Tapilula

Tapilula
Tapilula
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°15′N 93°01′W / 17.250°N 93.017°W / 17.250; -93.017
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
Area
  Total
126.7 km2 (48.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
  Total
12,170

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

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 12,170, up from 10,349 as of 2005. It covers an area of 126.7 km2.

As of 2010, the town of Tapilula had a population of 7,441. Other than the town of Tapilula, the municipality had 50 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: San Francisco Jaconá (1,323), classified as rural.