La Trinitaria, Chiapas

La Trinitaria
Municipality of La Trinitaria in Chiapas
La Trinitaria
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°7′13″N 92°2′27″W / 16.12028°N 92.04083°W / 16.12028; -92.04083
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
Government
 • Federal electoral districtChiapas's 8th
Area
 • Total
710.7 sq mi (1,840.7 km2)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
72,769
Time zoneUTC-6 (Zona Centro)

La Trinitaria is a town and municipality in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 72,769, up from 59,686 as of 2005. It covers an area of 1840.7 km2.

As of 2010, the town of La Trinitaria had a population of 9,042. Other than the town of La Trinitaria, the municipality had 585 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Lázaro Cárdenas (3,699), José María Morelos (2,601), La Esperanza (2,549), classified as urban, and El Porvenir Agrarista (2,468), Miguel Hidalgo (2,428), Rodulfo Figueroa (2,321), Las Delicias (2,121), La Gloria (1,874), Álvaro Obregón (1,790), Tziscao (1,562), El Progreso (1,399), Santa Rita (1,389), Nueva Libertad (El Colorado) (1,182), Chihuahua (1,088), and Unión Juárez (1,050), classified as rural.

The town stands on Federal Highway 190. The archaeological site of Tenam Puente is located in the municipality.