Reforma, Chiapas
Municipality in Chiapas, Mexico
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Reforma is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.
Reforma | |
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Reforma Town. | |
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  Reforma Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 17°51′50″N 93°08′47″W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Chiapas |
| Area | |
• Total | 167.9 sq mi (434.9 km2) |
| • City | 4.27 sq mi (11.07 km2) |
| Population (2020 census)[1] | |
• Total | 44,829 |
| • Density | 267.0/sq mi (103.1/km2) |
| • City | 29,018 |
| • Gender | 21,908 males and 22,921 females |
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 40,711,[2] up from 34,809 as of 2005.[3] It covers an area of 434.9 km2.
As of 2010, the city of Reforma had a population of 26,257.[2] Other than the city of Reforma, the municipality had 33 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: El Carmen (El Limón) (2,182), Rafael Pascacio Gamboa (1,133), and Miguel Hidalgo (1,056), classified as rural.[2]
On May 8, 2019, an illegal gasoline truck exploded in Reforma.[4] Mayor Herminio Valdez Castillo said the explosion occurred in an uninhabited area and there were no victims.[5]
