Raudales Malpaso

Raudales Malpaso is a metropolis within the Mexican nation of Chiapas, placed within the north of the kingdom close to the border with Tabasco and next to the Malpaso or Nezahualcoyotl dam. It is the head of the municipality of Mezcalapa. It is placed on the coordinates of 17 ° 11'10 "N 93 ° 36'26" W and in keeping with the 2005 Population and Housing Count of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography it has a populace of 6,502 inhabitants, inside the 2010 Census of the INEGI has a populace of 6817 population.

Raudales Malpaso, at the start known as Quechula, was founded in 1968 whilst the construction of the Malpaso Dam, the second one biggest dam in Mexico, turned into relocated. The displaced populace of the territory that became flooded with the aid of the dam's glass turned into relocated. It occupied greater than half of the territory of the municipality of Tecpatan; in 1973, the Quechula Municipal Agency changed into abolished and that of Raudales Maplaso became based. The installations of the Federal Electricity Commission of the dam's hydroelectric operation and the team of workers that manages it have been additionally constructed in the metropolis.