Mapastepec Municipality

Mapastepec is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of in southern . Its name derives from the place name mapachtepec, "Hill of the Raccoon", a compound of the Nahuatl words mapachi and tepetl.
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  • Type: municipality of Mexico with 46,100 residents
  • Description: municipality in the State of Chiapas, Mexico
  • Also known as: “conceyu de Mapastepec”, “Mapastepec”, “Mapastepec (Chiapas, Méxicu)”, and “Mapastepec (conceyu de Méxicu)”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mapastepec.

Town
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is a town, which is situated 6 km east of Mapastepec Municipality.

Mapastepec Municipality

Latitude
15.4198° or 15° 25′ 11″ north
Longitude
-92.9492° or 92° 56′ 57″ west
Population
46,100
Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)
Open location code
7679C392+W8
Geo­Names ID
8581737
Wiki­data ID
Q1953044
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Mapastepec Municipality” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Mapastepec”
  • Basque: “Mapastepec”
  • Catalan: “Mapastepec”
  • Cebuano: “Mapastepec (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Mapastepec”
  • Chechen: “Мапастепек”
  • Dutch: “Mapastepec”
  • Esperanto: “Mapastepec (komunumo)”
  • Esperanto: “Mapastepec”
  • French: “Mapastepec”
  • Georgian: “მაპასტეპეკი”
  • German: “Municipio Mapastepec”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mapastepec”
  • Portuguese: “Mapastepec”
  • Russian: “Мапастепек”
  • Serbian: “Општина Мапастепек”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mapastepec”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Mapastepec, Chiapas”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Mapastepec”
  • Swedish: “Mapastepec (kommun)”
  • Swedish: “Mapastepec”
  • Tatar: “Мапастепек муниципалитеты”
  • Turkish: “Mapastepec”
  • Vietnamese: “Mapastepec”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: El Naranjo and Palma Sola.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Mapastepec and Valdivia.

Chiapas: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Palenque and Tuxtla Gutiérrez.

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