Reforma, Chiapas

Municipality in Chiapas, Mexico

17°51′50″N 93°08′47″W / 17.86389°N 93.14639°W / 17.86389; -93.14639Country

MexicoStateChiapasArea

• 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

^ Citypopulation.de Population of Reforma municipality with localities
^ ^a ^b ^c "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.