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

Las Rosas
Municipality of Las Rosas in Chiapas
Municipality of Las Rosas in Chiapas
Las Rosas is located in Mexico
Las Rosas
Las Rosas
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°21′20″N 92°22′2″W / 16.35556°N 92.36722°W / 16.35556; -92.36722
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
Area
 • Total
90.2 sq mi (233.5 km2)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total
25,530

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

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  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.