Yajalón
Yajalón  | |
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Yajalon es municipio de Chiapas  | |
| Coordinates: 17°10′N 92°20′W / 17.167°N 92.333°W | |
| Country | Mexico | 
| State | Chiapas | 
| Area | |
 • Total  | 62.7 sq mi (162.3 km2) | 
| Population  (2010)  | |
 • Total  | 34,028 | 
Yajalón is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 34,028, up from 26,044 as of 2005. It covers an area of 162.3 km2.
As of 2010, the city of Yajalón had a population of 16,622. Other than the city of Yajalón, the municipality had 247 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Amado Nervo (1,362), and Lázaro Cárdenas (1,151), classified as rural.
Grolier Codex is believed to have been found in the Yajalon area. Carlson 2013