Motozintla

Motozintla (Motozintla de Mendoza) is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.

Motozintla
Municipality
Motozintla Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 15°22′15″N 92°14′54″W
Country	Mexico (de jure) Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities (Controlled by)
State	Chiapas
Founded	1620
Town status	23 October 1912
City status	10 August 1954
Area
• Total	782.5 km2 (302.1 sq mi)
• City	5.26 km2 (2.03 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• Total	76,398
• Density	98/km2 (250/sq mi)
• City	27,815
• City density	5,300/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
• Gender	37,425 males and 38,973 females
Website	http://www.motozintla.chiapas.gob.mx/

Motozintla occupies part of Mexico's border with Guatemala and is adjacent to the municipalities of Siltepec (to the north), Escuintla and Huixtla (to the west), Tuzantán and Tapachula (to the south), and Mazapa de Madero and El Porvenir (to the northeast). It covers an area of 782.5 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 69,119,^[2] up from 59,875 as of 2005.^[3]

The municipality had 416 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Motozintla de Mendoza (23,755), classified as urban, and Belisario Domínguez (2,011), classified as rural.^[2]

Climate

Climate data for Motozintla (1991–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	45.0 (113.0)	49.0 (120.2)	45.5 (113.9)	46.0 (114.8)	46.0 (114.8)	46.0 (114.8)	45.0 (113.0)	44.0 (111.2)	44.0 (111.2)	47.0 (116.6)	47.0 (116.6)	44.0 (111.2)	49.0 (120.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	26.7 (80.1)	27.7 (81.9)	29.4 (84.9)	30.6 (87.1)	30.6 (87.1)	29.3 (84.7)	29.8 (85.6)	29.5 (85.1)	28.5 (83.3)	27.5 (81.5)	27.4 (81.3)	26.7 (80.1)	28.6 (83.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	19.2 (66.6)	20.0 (68.0)	21.4 (70.5)	22.7 (72.9)	23.2 (73.8)	22.4 (72.3)	22.3 (72.1)	22.3 (72.1)	22.1 (71.8)	21.3 (70.3)	20.3 (68.5)	19.5 (67.1)	21.4 (70.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	11.6 (52.9)	12.3 (54.1)	13.5 (56.3)	14.9 (58.8)	15.8 (60.4)	15.5 (59.9)	14.7 (58.5)	15.0 (59.0)	15.6 (60.1)	15.1 (59.2)	13.1 (55.6)	12.3 (54.1)	14.1 (57.4)
Record low °C (°F)	0.0 (32.0)	0.0 (32.0)	0.0 (32.0)	1.0 (33.8)	0.0 (32.0)	4.0 (39.2)	1.0 (33.8)	3.0 (37.4)	0.26 (32.47)	1.4 (34.5)	1.0 (33.8)	1.0 (33.8)	0.0 (32.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	18.8 (0.74)	3.1 (0.12)	5.7 (0.22)	18.6 (0.73)	89.1 (3.51)	169.2 (6.66)	119.6 (4.71)	157.8 (6.21)	178.6 (7.03)	124.2 (4.89)	20.3 (0.80)	13.4 (0.53)	918.4 (36.16)
Source: Servicio Meteorologico Nacional[4][5]