Arriaga, Chiapas

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Arriaga
Municipality o Arriaga in Chiapas
Municipality o Arriaga in Chiapas
Arriaga is located in Mexico
Arriaga
Arriaga
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°14′6″N 93°53′44″W / 16.23500°N 93.89556°W / 16.23500; -93.89556
Kintra Mexico
StateChiapas
Area
 • Total653.3 km2 (252.2 sq mi)
Elevation
60 m (200 ft)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total34,032

Arriaga is a ceety an ane o the 119 municipalities o Chiapas, in soothren Mexico.

As o 2005, the municipality haed a tot population o 34,032.[1] It covers an aurie o 653.3 km² an is bordered bi the Paceefic Ocean an the neebourin state o Oaxaca, as well as bi the Chiapas municipalities o Cintalapa, Jiquipilas, Villaflores an Tonalá.

The name o the ceety honours Ponciano Arriaga, the name gien tae it upon creation o the municipality on 28 Mey 1910. It wis gien ceety status on 1 Dizember 1943.

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México". INAFED. Retrieved 25 Julie 2008.