Chicomuselo Explained

Chicomuselo
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 (de jure)
Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities (Controlled by)
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Chiapas
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:1,043
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:31,515
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:15.7667°N -108°W

Chicomuselo is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, and also the name of the municipality's largest settlement and the seat of the municipal government. The municipality has an area of 1,043 km2.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 31,515.[1]

As of 2010, the town of Chicomuselo had a population of 5,938.[1] Other than the town of Chicomuselo, the municipality had 272 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Pablo L. Sidar (3,070), classified as urban, and Unión Buenavista (1,600), Lázaro Cárdenas (1,321), Piedra Labrada (1,115), and Nueva América (1,057), classified as rural.[1]

Chicomuselo is currently suffering the exploitation of land in the hands of the Blackfire exploration LTD a mining company from Canada[2] url=http://www.blackfireexploration.com/ On July 31, 2019, The Canadian government denied that its embassy in Mexico had anything to do with the coverup of the 2009 murder of activist Mariano Abarca, reportedly at the hands of the Blackfire Exploration. Family members vow to continue the struggle.[3]

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  1. Web site: Chicomuselo. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014. 21 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190821193243/http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/LocdeMun.aspx?tipo=clave&campo=loc&ent=07&mun=030. dead.
  2. Luis Flores Ballesteros. "Mining and human rights in Chiapas" 54 Pesos May. 2010:54 Pesos 29 May 2009.
  3. News: El Pais. Madrid. July 31, 2019. August 2, 2019 . Spanish. Canadá se niega a investigar su actuación en la muerte de un activista mexicano. Canada refuses to investigate its action related to the death of a Mexican activist.