Altamirano ( Spanish: Altamirano ) - a village in Mexico , Chiapas , the administrative center of the eponymous municipality. The population according to the 2010 census was 9,200 people.
| Village | |
| Altamirano | |
|---|---|
| Altamirano | |
| A country |  Mexico |
| State | Chiapas |
| Municipality | Altamirano |
| The mayor | Jose Ignacio Garcia Pinto [1] (2011—2013) |
| History and Geography | |
| Based | 1806 year |
| Center height | 1240 m |
| Timezone | UTC − 6 ; summer UTC − 5 |
| Population | |
| Population | 9,200 [2] people ( 2010 ) |
| Official language | Spanish |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +52 919 |
| Postcode | 30190 |
| INEGI | 070040001 |
| web.archive.org/web/20080330052921/http://www.altamirano.chiapas.gob.mx/ (Spanish) | |
General information
The city was founded in 1806 by the people who planted 30 km south of the city of Komitan on the banks of the Tsakonekh River, calling it Nakaslan. He was later known as Aslumal San Carlos.
January 25, 1935 by order of the governor of the state, the village was renamed Altamirano, in honor of the famous poet Ignacio Manuel Altamirano [3] .
In 1994, Altamirano was occupied by zapatistas .
Sources
- ↑ Altamirano on the website of the state of Chiapas (Spanish)
- ↑ INEGI. 2010 Mexico Census (Spanish)
- ↑ Encyclopedia of the Municipalities of Mexico. Altamirano Archived December 4, 2013. (Spanish)