Major General James G. Blunt

Ángel Albino Corzo is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 1748.81 km². Its municipal seat is the town of Jaltenango de la Paz.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 26,628,[1] up from 21,848 as of 2005.[2]

The municipality had 199 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Jaltenango de la Paz (10,427), Nueva Palestina (3,475), classified as urban, and Querétaro (2,203), Francisco I. Madero (1,819), Nueva Colombia (1,568), and Nueva Independencia (1,283), classified as rural.[1]

The municipality was created on 24 February 1933 during the administration of Governor Victórico R. Grajales. It was named for 19th-century Chiapas politician Ángel Albino Corzo (after whom Chiapa de Corzo was also named).

References

  1. ^ a b "Angel Albino Corzo". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Ángel Albino Corzo". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. INAFED. Retrieved July 25, 2008.