Las Rosas, Chiapas

Municipality in Chiapas, Mexico
16°21′20″N 92°22′2″W / 16.35556°N 92.36722°W / 16.35556; -92.36722Country MexicoStateChiapasArea
 • Total90.2 sq mi (233.5 km2)Population
 (2005)
 • Total25,530

Las Rosas is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 25,530,[1] up from 21,100 as of 2005.[2] It covers an area of 233.5 km².

As of 2010, the city of Las Rosas had a population of 18,817.[1] Other than the city of Las Rosas, the municipality had 130 localities, none of which had a population over 1,000.[1]

In June 2020 some inhabitants attacked the vehicles of health workers, believing that dengue and coronavirus precautions were measures to wipe out the local population.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Las Rosas". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Las Rosas". 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 July 25, 2008.
  3. ^ "Violencia en un pueblo de Chiapas por un bulo sobre la covid". 12 June 2020.
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