Nicolás Ruíz | |
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Coordinates: 16°26′N 92°35′W / 16.433°N 92.583°W | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Chiapas |
Settled | 25 February 1868 |
Area | |
• Total | 137 km2 (53 sq mi) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 4,317 |
Website | www.nicolasruizchiapas.com |
Nicolás Ruíz is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 4,317, [1] up from 3,135 as of 2005. [2] It covers an area of 137 km2. Other than the town of Nicolás Ruíz, the municipality had 2 localities, neither of which had a population over 1,000. [1]
The settlement was originally known as San Diego de la Reforma; it acquired its present name on 14 February 1934 to honor 19th-century Governor of Chiapas Nicolás Ruiz.