Tecpatán

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

Tecpatán
Municipality
Municipality of Tecpatán in Chiapas
Tecpatán Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°8′N 93°19′W
Country	Mexico
State	Chiapas
Area
• Total	297.3 sq mi (770.1 km2)
Population  (2010)
• Total	41,045

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 41,045,^[1] up from 38,383 as of 2005.^[2] It covers an area of 770.1 km².

As of 2010, the town of Tecpatán had a population of 4,530.^[1] Other than the town of Tecpatán, the municipality had 499 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Raudales Malpaso (6,817), classified as urban, and Luis Espinosa (1,727), Francisco I. Madero (1,398), Adolfo López Mateos (1,342), and Nuevo Naranjo (1,119), classified as rural.^[1]