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Unión Juárez

TXalajte' (Mam)
Municipality of Unión Juárez in Chiapas
Municipality of Unión Juárez in Chiapas
Unión Juárez is located in Mexico
Unión Juárez
Unión Juárez
Location in Mexico
Country  Mexico
State Chiapas
Area
 • Total 268.3 km2 (103.6 sq mi)
Elevation
1,281 m (4,203 ft)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total 15,350
 • Density 57.21/km2 (148.2/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)

Unión Juárez (Mam: TXalajte') is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. The majority of the population in the municipality is Mam people that preserves the Mam traditions and Mam language.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 14,089, up from 13,934 as of 2005. It covers an area of 268.3 km².

As of 2010, the town of Unión Juárez had a population of 2,635. Other than the town of Unión Juárez, the municipality had 44 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Santo Domingo (3,796), classified as urban, and Once de Abril (1,209), classified as rural.

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