Huixtán
| Huixtán | |
|---|---|
| Municipality | |
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 Municipality of Huixtán in Chiapas | |
  Huixtán Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 16°46′N 92°27′W / 16.767°N 92.450°WCoordinates: 16°46′N 92°27′W / 16.767°N 92.450°W | |
| Country |
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| State | Chiapas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 70.0 sq mi (181.3 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 21,507 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Huixtán is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. Huixtán in the Nahuatl language means "the place of the prickles."
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 21,507,[1] up from 18,630 as of 2005.[2] It covers an area of 181.3 km².
As of 2010, the town of Huixtán had a population of 1,716.[1] Other than the town of Huixtán, the municipality had 66 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Los Pozos (1,436), Lázaro Cárdenas (Chilil) (1,177), and Carmen Yalchuch (1,124), classified as rural.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 "Huixtán". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ↑ "Huixtán". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
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