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Reforma, Chiapas

Coordinates: 17°51′50″N 93°08′47″W / 17.86389°N 93.14639°W / 17.86389; -93.14639
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Reforma
Reforma Town.
Reforma Town.
Reforma is located in Mexico
Reforma
Reforma
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°51′50″N 93°08′47″W / 17.86389°N 93.14639°W / 17.86389; -93.14639
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
Area
 • Total167.9 sq mi (434.9 km2)
 • City4.27 sq mi (11.07 km2)
Population
 (2020 census)[1]
 • Total44,829
 • Density270/sq mi (100/km2)
 • City
29,018
 • City density6,800/sq mi (2,600/km2)
 • Gender
21,908 males and 22,921 females

Reforma is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 40,711,[2] up from 34,809 as of 2005.[3] It covers an area of 434.9 km².

As of 2010, the city of Reforma had a population of 26,257.[2] Other than the city of Reforma, the municipality had 33 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: El Carmen (El Limón) (2,182), Rafael Pascacio Gamboa (1,133), and Miguel Hidalgo (1,056), classified as rural.[2]

On May 8, 2019, an illegal gasoline truck exploded in Reforma.[4] Mayor Herminio Valdez Castillo said the explosion occurred in an uninhabited area and there were no victims.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Reforma municipality with localities
  2. ^ a b c "Reforma". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Reforma". 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 September 30, 2007. Retrieved August 1, 2008.
  4. ^ Explotó ducto de Pemex en Chiapas: reportan varios muertos Infobae, 9 May 2019 Explota ducto de Pemex en Chiapas durante robo de combustible Diario de México, 9 Jan 2019
  5. ^ "Estalla ducto de Pemex en Chiapas; señalan a huachicoleros" [Pemex pipeline explodes in Chiapas; point to huachicoleros]. Forbes México (in Spanish). May 9, 2019. Retrieved Feb 2, 2020.