Comitan, Chiapas 6.68

Comitán is the fourth-largest city in the Mexican state of Chiapas. It is the seat of government of the municipality of the same name.It is located in the east-central part of Chiapas, near the border with Guatemala at. The municipality has an area of 1,043.30 km² . Its largest other community is the town of Villahermosa Yalumá.The original name given by the local Maya peoples is Balún Canán . It was later changed to Comitán de las Flores and, in 1915, to Comitán de Domínguez, after Dr. Belisario Domínguez, who gave a memorable speech in Congress against the dictator Victoriano Huerta for which he was murdered.Comitán is also a popular tourist destination, mostly for Mexican nationals, though some foreign visitors can also be seen. The town possesses colonial architecture, narrow avenues, and clean streets. The climate is cool most of the year, and can get quite chilly from October to March.DemographicsAs of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 141,013, up from 121,263 as of 2005.As of 2010, the city of Comitán had a population of 97,537, up from 83,571 as of 2005. Other than the city of Comitán, the municipality had 340 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Villahermosa Yalumá (2,368), San José Yocnajab (1,809), La Floresta (1,743), Los Riegos (1,740), Francisco Sarabia (1,673), Cash (1,429), Señor del Pozo (1,353), Zaragoza la Montaña (1,263), Efraín A. Gutiérrez (1,153), and Chacaljocom (1,056), classified as rural.