Ixhuatán, Chiapas Explained

Ixhuatán
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
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:72
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:10,239
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:17.2833°N -94°W

Ixhuatán is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 10,239,[1] up from 8,877 as of 2005 .[2] It covers an area of 72 km2.

As of 2010, the town of Ixhuatán had a population of 3,621.[1] Other than the town of Ixhuatán, the municipality had 53 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Ignacio Zaragoza (1,222), and Chapayal Grande (1,112), classified as rural.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ixhuatán. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014.
  2. Web site: Ixhuatán. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. July 25, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927205624/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chiapas/municipios/07042a.htm. September 27, 2007. dead.