Palenque Municipality | |
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 Location of the municipality in Sonora. | |
| Coordinates:17°26′N91°48′W / 17.433°N 91.800°W /17.433; -91.800 | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Chiapas |
| Municipal Seat | Palenque |
| Created | 1915 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal President | Jorge Cabrera Aguilar (2021—2024) |
| Area (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 2,888 km2 (1,115 sq mi) |
| Elevation (Median) | 92 m (302 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 132,265 |
| • Density | 45.8/km2 (119/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central(US Central)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central) |
| Postal code | 29960—29969 |
| Area code | 916 |
| Website | http://www.palenque.gob.mx/ |
Palenque Municipality is amunicipality inChiapas in southMexico.
Neighboring municipalities areCatazajá to the north,La Libertad to the east,Ocosingo andChilón to the south,Salto de Agua to the west, and the other Mexican stat –Tabasco to the north and east, and countryGuatemala to the southeast.[2]
There are 683 localities, the largest of which are:
| Code INEGI | Locality | Population |
| 065 | Total Municipality | 132,265 |
| 0001 | Palenque | 51,797 |
| 0105 | Río Chancalá | 2,236 |
| 0182 | Agua Blanca Serranía | 1,726 |
| 0047 | El Edén | 1,467 |
| 0191 | Arimatea | 1,385 |
