Huixtán

Huixtán
Municipality of Huixtán in Chiapas
Municipality of Huixtán in Chiapas
Huixtán is located in Mexico
Huixtán
Huixtán
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°46′N 92°27′W / 16.767°N 92.450°W / 16.767; -92.450
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
Area
 • Total70.0 sq mi (181.3 km2)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total21,507
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)

Huixtán is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. In the Nahuatl language, Huixtán means "the place of the prickles".

The municipality covers an area of 181.3 km2. As of 2010, it had a population of 21,507,[1] up from 18,630 in 2005.[2]

As of 2010, the town of Huixtán had a population of 1,716.[1] Besides the town of Huixtán, the municipality has 66 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations) are Los Pozos (1,436), Lázaro Cárdenas (Chilil) (1,177), and Carmen Yalchuch (1,124), classified as rural.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Huixtán". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. ^ "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.