Municipal seat Jaltenango de la Paz Elevation 644 m (2,113 ft) Local time Saturday 2:03 PM | Municipality created 24 February 1933 Area 1,749 km² Population 26,628 (2010) | |
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Ángel Albino Corzo is one of the 122 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 1748.81 km². Its municipal seat is the town of Jaltenango de la Paz.
Map of Angel Albino Corzo, Chis., Mexico
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 26,628, up from 21,848 as of 2005.
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.
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).