San Fernando is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.

San Fernando
San Fernando is located in Mexico
San Fernando
San Fernando
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°52′0″N 93°12′0″W / 16.86667°N 93.20000°W / 16.86667; -93.20000
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
Area
 • Total99.7 sq mi (258.3 km2)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total41,793
 • Density420/sq mi (160/km2)

As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 41,793,[1][2] up from 26,436 as of 2005.[3] It covers an area of 258.3 km2.

As of 2010, the town of San Fernando had a population of 9,651.[2] Other than the town of San Fernando, the municipality had 196 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: El Progreso (2,704), El Copalar (2,039), Francisco I. Madero (1,993), Gabriel Esquinca (1,968), Benito Juárez (1,488), Viva Cárdenas (1,431), Álvaro Obregón (1,126), and 16 de Septiembre (1,020), classified as rural.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "San Fernando (Municipality, Mexico) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  2. ^ a b c "San Fernando". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  3. ^ "San Fernando". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2008.