Yajalón

Yajalón
Municipality
Yajalon es municipio de Chiapas
Yajalón Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°10′N 92°20′W
Country	Mexico
State	Chiapas
Area
• Total	62.7 sq mi (162.3 km^2)
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,[1] up from 26,044 as of 2005.[2] It covers an area of 162.3 km^2.

As of 2010, the city of Yajalón had a population of 16,622.[1] 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.[1]

Grolier Codex is believed to have been found in the Yajalon area. Carlson 2013^[dead link‍]

References

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