Chalchihuitán | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
Pushpin Label Position: | above |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mexico |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Chiapas |
Area Total Km2: | 74.5 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 21,915 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 16.9667°N -131°W |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Cfb |
Chalchihuitán is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 74.5 km².
In 2020, the municipality had a total population of 21,915,[1] [2] up from 12,256 in 2005.[3]
In 2010, the town of Chalchihuitán had a population of 1,054.[2] Other than the town of Chalchihuitán, the municipality had 45 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Chiquinshulum (1,612), classified as urban, and Joltealal (1,004), classified as rural.[2]