Yajalón

Yajalón
Yajalon es municipio de Chiapas
Yajalón
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°10′N 92°20′W / 17.167°N 92.333°W / 17.167; -92.333
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
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