Arriaga Municipality

16°14′6″N 93°53′44″W / 16.23500°N 93.89556°W / 16.23500; -93.89556Country MexicoStateChiapasArea • Total653.3 km² (252.2 sq mi)Elevation60 m (200 ft)Population • Total40,042ClimateAw

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 September 2024.^[3]

Future services
Preceding station	Tren Interoceánico			Following station
Chahuites toward Ixtepec		Line K (Opening September 2024)		Terminus
				Tonalá (2025) toward Ciudad Hidalgo

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