Tecpatán
Tecpatán | |
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Municipality of Tecpatán in Chiapas | |
| Coordinates: 17°8′N 93°19′W / 17.133°N 93.317°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Chiapas |
| Area | |
• Total | 297.3 sq mi (770.1 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 41,045 |
Tecpatán is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 41,045, up from 38,383 as of 2005. It covers an area of 770.1 km².
As of 2010, the town of Tecpatán had a population of 4,530. Other than the town of Tecpatán, the municipality had 499 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Raudales Malpaso (6,817), classified as urban, and Luis Espinosa (1,727), Francisco I. Madero (1,398), Adolfo López Mateos (1,342), and Nuevo Naranjo (1,119), classified as rural.