Amatenango del Valle

Amatenango del Valle is a toun an ane o the 119 municipalities o Chiapas, in soothren Mexico.

Amatenango del Valle
Municipality o Amatenango del Valle in Chiapas
Municipality o Amatenango del Valle in Chiapas
Amatenango del Valle is located in Mexico
Amatenango del Valle
Amatenango del Valle
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°32′N 92°26′W / 16.533°N 92.433°W / 16.533; -92.433
Kintra Mexico
StateChiapas
SettledPre-Hispanic period
Municipality creatit11 November 1882
Area
 • Municipality236 km2 (91 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Municipality6,559
 • Metro
3,351
Websitehttp://www.amatenangodelvalle.chiapas.gob.mx

As o 2005, the municipality haed a total population o 6,559, wi 3,351 in the municipal seat.[1]

It covers an aurie o 236 km².

History eedit

The territory o the municipality wis oreeginally settled durin the Classic Period o pre-Hispanic Mesoamericae bi a group o Tzeltal settlers. Their dounset, in 1486, wis invadit bi Aztec troops unner Tiltototl. In 1528, follaein the Spaingie Conquest, an encomienda wis establisht in the aurie.

References eedit

  1. "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México". INAFED. Archived frae the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 25 Julie 2008.