Mapastepec Municipality
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Mapastepec is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. Its name derives from the place name mapachtepec, "Hill of the Raccoon", a compound of the Nahuatl words mapachi ("raccoon") and tepetl ("mountain").
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Mapastepec
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_map
- File:Mapastepec en Chiapas.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mexico
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- above
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Mexico
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Chiapas
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipal President
- Settlement.leader_name
- Martín Ruiz Rosales
- Settlement.established_date
- 1482
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1085
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2015
- Settlement.population_total
- 47,932
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 46130
- Area
- 1219.6
- Elevation
- 2006
- Image
- Cascadas de nueva costa rica.jpg
- Dialing code
- 964
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- Commons category
- Mapastepec Municipality
- postal code
- 30560–30577
- native label
- Mapastepec
- inception
- 1955-07-05
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24 sectionsContents
- History
- Key dates in recent history
- Demographics
- Population
- Indigenous languages
- Religion
- Geography
- Location
- Climate
- Protected areas
- Flora
- Fauna
- Environmental issues
- Cultural and tourist attractions
- Festivals
- Crafts
- Gastronomy
- Sports
- Economy
- Agriculture and livestock
- Tourism
- Services
- Railway
- References
Mapastepec is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. Its name derives from the place name mapachtepec, "Hill of the Raccoon", a compound of the Nahuatl words mapachi ("raccoon") and tepetl ("mountain").
Mapestepec is on the Pacific Ocean, with roughly half of its territory on the Pacific Coastal Plain and half in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas mountain range. It is partly within two of Mexico's Biosphere Reserves, featuring a number of important species, including the horned guan (Oreophasis derbianus), Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii), the Jaguar (Panthera once) and rare cloud forest and mangrove habitat.
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