Reforma, Chiapas
Reforma is a city and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.
Reforma | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  Reforma Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 17°51′50″N 93°08′47″W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Chiapas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 154.4 sq mi (399.9 km2) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 40,711 |
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 40,711,[1] up from 34,809 as of 2005.[2] It covers an area of 399.9 km².
As of 2010, the city of Reforma had a population of 26,257.[1] 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.[1]
On May 8, 2019, an illegal gasoline truck exploded in Reforma.[3] Mayor Herminio Valdez Castillo said the explosion occurred in an uninhabited area and there were no victims.[4]
References
- "Reforma". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- "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.
- 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
- "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.
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