Yajalón | |
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Municipality | |
Location in Mexico | |
Coordinates: 17°10′N 92°20′W / 17.167°N 92.333°WCoordinates: 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 one of the 119 Municipalities 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