El Parral is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas , located approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) south of the state capital of Tuxtla Gutiérrez .
6-448: Parral may refer to: El Parral, Chiapas , Mexico El Parral , Avila, Spain Parral, Chihuahua , Mexico Parral, Chile Parral, Peru The village and monastery of Santa Maria del Parral , near Segovia, Spain Parral (vine system) , a vine training system Parral, nickname of Geraldo José da Silva Filho Topics referred to by
12-681: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages El Parral, Chiapas The municipality of El Parral is located in the Chiapas Depression . It borders the municipalities of Chiapa de Corzo to the north, Venustiano Carranza to the east, Villa Corzo to the south, and Villaflores to the west. The municipality covers an area of 365.50 square kilometres (141.12 sq mi). The generally flat terrain of El Parral mostly consists of farmland and pastureland, although isolated patches of forest and jungle remain. The southeastern part of
18-526: The 2010 Mexican Census, the localities that now comprise the municipality of El Parral recorded a total population of 14,171 inhabitants. There are 157 localities in the municipality, of which only the municipal seat, also known as El Parral, is designated as urban. It recorded a population of 10,865 inhabitants in the 2010 Census. Economic activities in El Parral include agriculture and fish farming. The paved Chiapas Highway 157 runs north–south through
24-421: The local Executive Agrarian Committee, which oversaw the construction of the area's first basic infrastructure such as roads, water supply, a telephone office and a school. El Parral was part of the municipality of Villa Corzo until 23 November 2011, when the decree raising El Parral to the level of an independent municipality was gazetted. The following people have served as municipal president of El Parral: In
30-724: The municipality borders the Angostura Reservoir, the largest reservoir in Mexico in terms of total capacity, created by the Angostura Dam (officially called the Belisario Domínguez Dam) on the Grijalva River . José Félix Flores Arellano is credited with founding the community of El Parral. He worked as a manager on a farm in the area in 1927 and was asked by locals to serve as President of
36-447: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Parral . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parral&oldid=986663484 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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