Chiautempan, Tlaxcala

Chiautempan
Mural depicting the foundation of Chiautempan
Seal
Chiautempan
Coordinates: 19°19′00″N 98°11′00″W / 19.3166667°N 98.1833333°W / 19.3166667; -98.1833333
Country	Mexico
State	Tlaxcala
Municipality	Santa Ana Chiautempan
Founded	1380 AD
Government
- Presidente Municipal	Linda Marina Dolores Munive Temoltzín (2005-08)
Area(municip.)
- Total	66.21 km2 (25.6 sq mi)
Elevation	2,300 m (7,546 ft)
Population (2005)
- Total	46,776
	(municip.)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
Postal code	90800
Area code(s)	246
Demonym	Chiautempense
Website	www.chiautempan.gob.mx

Chiautempan (also: Santa Ana Chiautempan) is a city and its surrounding municipality of the same name located in the south-central part of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala. The city serves as the municipal seat of the municipality, which covers an area of 66.21 km² (25.56 sq mi). At the 2005 census it had a population of 46,776 inhabitants, the fourth-largest community in the state in population (after Villa Vicente Guerrero, Apizaco, and Huamantla). The city lies at the extreme western end of the municipality, which had a census population of 63,300 inhabitants.

Its largest other communities are the towns of San Bartolomé Cuahuixmatlac, San Pedro Tlalcuapan de Nicolás Bravo, and San Pedro Muñoztla.

References

• Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
• Chiautempan (Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México)

External links

• Ayuntamiento Chiautempan Official website

Coordinates: 19°19′N 98°11′W / 19.317°N 98.183°W / 19.317; -98.183