Yajalón
Municipality in Chiapas, Mexico
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Yajalón is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.
Yajalón | |
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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 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 34,028 |
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 km2.
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]
