Aldama (Chiapas, Mexico : Municipio)

found: Burguete Cal y Mayor, A. Aldama, 2006:t.p. (Aldama) p. 149 (El nuevo municipio de Aldama nació en julio de 1999 sobre los bienes comunales del viejo pueblo colonial de Santa María Magdalena ... la municipalidad de Santa María Magdalena, que existió hasta 1921)

found: Porraz Gómez, I.F. Etnografía de la religiosidad en los Altos de Chiapas : la romería en honor al Señor de Tila de Magdalenas, MMXVII:p. 36 (one of the municipios that make up this area [the Chiapas Highlands] is Magdalenas Aldama, located north of San Cristóbal de Las Casas; Aldama borders the municipio of Chalchihuitán to the north; Chenalhó to the east, Chamula to the south and Larráinzar y Santiago El Pinar to the west) p. 38 (in quoted paragraph from J.P. Viqueira: Magdalenas Tenezacatlán [no publications in LC database], now called Aldamas, although the people continue to refer to Magdalenas; in info. from interview with resident: before becoming a free municipio, the community of Magdalenas formed part of the municipality of Chenalhó; its name was changed in 1934 to Aldama)

found: GEOnet, viewed Feb. 28, 2020(viewed Feb. 28, 2020 (Aldama [approved], Municipio de Aldama [approved], Aldama [short]; ADM2 in Chiapas, Mexico, 23°01ʹ36ʺN 098°01ʹ43ʺW; also many Mexican PPLs named Aldama, including three in Chiapas; also two Mexico PPLs named Magdalenas, in including one in Chiapas with coordinates at a different location from Aldama)

found: Enciclopedia de los municipios y delegaciones de México, via WWW, viewed Feb. 28, 2020:Chiapas > municipios (Aldama; under Cronología de hechos históricos: 1883: the town of Santa María Magdalena [no publications in LC database] is already recognized as a municipality; 1915: 59 municipios are created during the remunicipalization; in the state constitution of 1921, Magdalena figures as a delegación of the municipio of San Pedro Chenalhó; 1934: the municipal delegación of Magdalena changes its name to Aldama; 1998: Aldama figures as one of the 33 localities proposed as new municipios; under Localización: it is located on the edges of the Altiplano Central and the northern mountains; it borders Chalchihuitán to the north, Chenalhó to the east, Chamula to the south and Larraínzar and Santiago el Pinar to the west)