Chenalhó | |
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: | 113 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 36,111 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 16.8833°N -130°W |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Cfb |
Chenalhó is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 113 km2.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 36,111,[1] up from 27,331 as of 2005.[2]
As of 2010, the town of Chenalhó had a population of 3,143.[1] Other than the town of Chenalhó, the municipality had 123 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Tzeltal (2,068), Belisario Domínguez (1,526), Yibeljoj (1,286), Puebla (1,245), and Miguel Utrilla (Los Chorros) (1,113), classified as rural.[1]
The Acteal Massacre of 22 December 1997 occurred in the municipality of Chenalhó.