Amatenango de la Frontera

Amatenango de la Frontera
Amatenango de la Frontera
Municipality
	Municipality of Amatenango de la Frontera in Chiapas
	Amatenango de la Frontera Location in Mexico
	Coordinates: 15°26′N 92°7′W / 15.433°N 92.117°W
Country	Mexico
State	Chiapas
Settled	mid-17th century
Area
• Total	171.4 km2 (66.2 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	29,547

Amatenango de la Frontera is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 171.4 km² and is a part of Mexico's border with Guatemala.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 29,547,^[1] up from 26,094 as of 2005.^[2]

The municipality had 123 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: El Pacayal (3,045), classified as urban, and Potrerillo (2,062), Nuevo Amatenango (1,594), Guadalupe Victoria (1,541), and Nueva Morelia (1,032), classified as rural.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Amatenango de la Frontera". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
^ "Amatenango de la Frontera". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. INAFED. Archived from the original on 2011-06-17. Retrieved July 25, 2008.