Tonalá is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.

Tonalá
Municipality of Tonalá in Chiapas
Municipality of Tonalá in Chiapas
Tonalá is located in Mexico
Tonalá
Tonalá
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°6′N 93°45′W / 16.100°N 93.750°W / 16.100; -93.750
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
Area
 • Total715 sq mi (1,853 km2)
 • City4.23 sq mi (10.95 km2)
Population
 (2020 census)[1]
 • Total91,913
 • Density130/sq mi (50/km2)
 • City
38,087
 • City density9,000/sq mi (3,500/km2)
 • Gender
45,281 males and 46,632 females

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 84,594,[2] up from 78,438 as of 2005.[3] It covers an area of 1853 km².

As of 2010, the city of Tonalá had a population of 35,322.[2] Other than the city of Tonalá, the municipality had 960 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Paredón (6,126), Tres Picos (4,403), Cabeza de Toro (3,413), classified as urban, and Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro) (1,778), Ignacio Ramírez (1,689), Huizachal (1,421), Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra) (1,043), San Luqueño (1,016), and Morelos (Mojarras) (1,010), classified as rural.[2]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Citypopulation.de
  2. ^ a b c "Tonalá". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Tonalá". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. Retrieved August 18, 2008.