Pantelhó
# Pantelhó

Pantelhó is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico..

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 20,589, up from 16,262 as of 2005. It covers an area of 136.6 km².

As of 2010, the town of Pantelhó had a population of 6,888. Other than the town of Pantelhó, the municipality had 150 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: Aurora Esquipulas (2,046), classified as rural.

## Government

### Municipal presidents

| Municipal president | Term | Political party | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| José M. Zepeda | 1915 | | |
| Sabel Y. Urbina | 1926 | | |
| Amado de J. Pérez | 1931–1932 | PNR | |
| Sabel Y. Urbina | 1933–1934 | PNR | |
| Eduardo Estrada Vera | 1935 | PNR | |
| Luis C. Urbina | 1936 | PNR | |
| Arcadio R. Urbina | 1939–1940 | PRM | |
| Celedonio Constantino G. | 1941–1942 | PRM | |
| José Ruiz Guillén | 1943–1944 | PRM | |
| Reynaldo Ballinas Flores | 1945–1946 | PRM | |
| Ricardo Morales Aguilar | 1947–1948 | PRI | |
| Juan Antonio Morales | 1949–1950 | PRI | |
| Silviano Urbina | 1951–1952 | PRI | |
| Alfredo Ballinas Vázquez | 1953–1955 | PRI | |
| Gilberto Urbina Bermúdez | 1956–1958 | PRI | |
| Armando Castro Ross | 1959–1961 | PRI | |
| Eduardo Estrada Vera | 1962–1964 | PRI | |
| Gilberto Aguilar Carpio | 1965–1967 | PRI | |
| Liborio Luna Flores | 1968–1970 | PRI | |
| Julio Ballinas Urbina | 1971–1973 | PRI | |
| Adán Morales Monterrosa | 1974–1976 | PRI | |
| W. Alejandro Ramos Ruiz | 1977–1979 | PRI | |
| Fernando Ruiz Mazariegos | 1980–1982 | PRI | |
| Dionisio Cruz Juárez | 1983–1985 | PRI | |
| Mariano Jiménez Gómez | 1986–1987 | PRI | |
| Ignacio López Santiz | 1987–1988 | PRI | |
| Nicolás González Juárez | 1989–1991 | PRI | |
| Manuel Cortés Pérez | 1992–1993 | PRI | |
| Dionisio Cruz Juárez | 1993–1995 | PRI | |
| Adán Sánchez Sánchez | 01-01-1996–31-12-1998 | PRI | |
| Sebastián Díaz Santiz | 01-01-1999–31-12-2001 | PRI | |
| Alberto Cruz Gutiérrez | 01-01-2002–31-12-2004 | PRI | |
| Armando Juárez Cruz | 01-01-2005–31-12-2007 | PRD PT | |
| Humberto González López | 01-01-2008–31-12-2010 | PRD | |
| Nicolás Gómez Hernández | 01-01-2011–2012 | PRD PAN Convergence Panal Unity for Chiapas | |
| Miguel Etnzin Cruz | 2012–2015 | PRD PT MC | |
| Macario Cruz Gutiérrez | 2015–2018 | PRD | |
| Santos López Hernández | 2018–21-08-2020 | PRD | Was dismissed and imprisoned because of sexual harassment |
| Delia Janet Velasco Flores | 21-08-2020–07-08-2021 | PRD | Acting municipal president |
| Pedro Cortés López President of the Municipal Council | 18-08-2021–30-09-2021 | | Municipal Council elected by the System of Uses and Customs |
| Raquel Trujillo Morales (he is a man, despite his name) | 01-10-2021–09-11-2021 | PRD | His political immunity was removed |
| Pedro Cortés López President of the Municipal Council | 17-12-2021–14-05-2022 | | Municipal Council appointed by the Congress of the State of Chiapas. He was forced to resign by members of the self-defense group El Machete |
