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 | |
  Amatenango del Valle Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 16°32′N 92°26′W / 16.533°N 92.433°W | |
| Kintra |  Mexico |
| State | Chiapas |
| Settled | Pre-Hispanic period |
| Municipality creatit | 11 November 1882 |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 236 km2 (91 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Municipality | 6,559 |
| • Metro | 3,351 |
| Website | http://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
eeditThe 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- ↑ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México". INAFED. Archived frae the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 25 Julie 2008.