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Chiapas is a state in southern Mexico. According to the 2020 INEGI census, it has the eighth largest population of all states with inhabitants and the 10th largest by land area spanning . although the establishment of municipal authorities in Belisario Domínguez was suspended in 2015 pending the resolution of a territorial dispute between Chiapas and the neighbouring state of Oaxaca. In 2021, the Supreme Court resolved this dispute in Oaxaca's favour, and annulled the 2011 decree that had created Belisario Domínguez.
Municipalities in Chiapas are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico. Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president (Spanish: presidente municipal) by a plurality voting system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council (ayuntamiento) responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (regidores y síndicos). Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries. They may also assist the state and federal governments in education, emergency fire and medical services, environmental protection and maintenance of monuments and historical landmarks. Since 1984, they have had the power to collect property taxes and user fees, although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than from their own income.
Municipalities
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File:SanMarcosTuxtla.JPG|alt=View of Saint Mark's Cathedral, Tuxtla Gutiérrez|Tuxtla Gutiérrez, capital and largest municipality by population in Chiapas.
File:Antiguo Palacio Municipal de Tapachula.JPG|alt=Old City Hall, Tapachula|Tapachula, second largest municipality by population in Chiapas.
File:Lo_Más_Alto_-_Toniná.jpg|alt=Toniná, Ocosingo|Ocosingo, third largest municipality by population in Chiapas.
File:Catedral san cristo.JPG|alt=Cathedral, San Cristóbal de las Casas|San Cristóbal de las Casas, fourth largest municipality by population in Chiapas.
File:ComitanTemploDeSanJose.jpg|alt=St. Joseph's Temple, Comitán|Comitán, fifth largest municipality by population in Chiapas.
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!scope="col" rowspan=2| Name
!scope="col" rowspan=2| Municipal seat
!scope="col" rowspan=2| Population<br>(2020)
!scope="col" rowspan=2| Population<br>(2010)
!scope="col" rowspan=2| Change
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number" colspan=2| Land area
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number" rowspan=2| Population density<br>(2020)
!scope="col" rowspan=2| Incorporation date
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!scope="col"| km<sup>2</sup>
!scope="col"| sq mi
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!scope="row" align="left"|Acacoyagua
|align=left| Acacoyagua
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!scope="row" align="left"|Acala
|align=left|Acala
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!scope="row" align="left"|Acapetahua
|align=left| Acapetahua
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!scope="row" align="left"|Aldama