Simojovel

Simojovel
Simojovel is located in Mexico
Simojovel
Simojovel
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°09′N 92°43′W / 17.150°N 92.717°W / 17.150; -92.717
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
Municipal seatSimojovel de Allende
Government
 • Presidente MunicipalJosé Amir Pérez Conde (2008–10)
Area
 • Total446.99 km2 (172.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total40,297
Websitehttp://www.simojovel.chiapas.gob.mx
View of Simojovel in 1987

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

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 40,297,[1] up from 31,615 as of 2005.[2] It covers an area of 446.99 km2.

The municipality had 145 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Simojovel de Allende (10,762), the municipal seat classified as urban, and Pueblo Nuevo Sitala (2,437), La Pimienta (1,755), El Jardín (1,626), La Ceiba (1,275), Las Maravillas (1,204), and Constitución (1,103), classified as rural.[1]

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