Arriaga Municipality

Arriaga Municipality
Municipality
Municipality of Arriaga in Chiapas
Arriaga Municipality Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°14′6″N 93°53′44″W
Country	Mexico
State	Chiapas
Area
• Total	653.3 km^2 (252.2 sq mi)
Elevation	60 m (200 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	40,042
Climate	Aw

Arriaga Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 653.3 km² (252.2 sq mi) and is bordered by the Pacific Ocean and the neighbouring state of Oaxaca, as well as by the Chiapas municipalities of Cintalapa, Jiquipilas, Villaflores and Tonalá.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 40,042,^[1] up from 34,032 in 2005.^[2]

As of 2010, the city of Arriaga had a population of 24,447.^[1] Other than the city of Arriaga, the municipality had 464 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Emiliano Zapata (3,353), classified as urban, and Azteca (La Punta) (1,829), La Gloria (1,801), La Línea (1,452), and Lázaro Cárdenas (1,172), classified as rural.^[1]

The name of the city honours Ponciano Arriaga, the name given to it upon creation of the municipality on 28 May 1910. It was given city status on 1 December 1943.

Transportation

Tren Interoceánico plans to build a station for its Line K in Arriaga. The first phase of this line, ending here, is scheduled to open in 2025.^[3]

Future services
Preceding station	Tren Interoceánico			Following station
Chahuites toward Ixtepec		Line K (Opening 2025)		Terminus
				Tonalá (phase 2, 2025) toward Ciudad Hidalgo

References

1. "Arriaga". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
2. "Arriaga". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. INAFED. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
3. "Corredor Interoceánico: este es el avance de la Línea K; tramo entre Oaxaca y Chiapas". Diario del Istmo (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 8 September 2024.