Oxchuc

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Oxchuc
Municipality
Oxchuc en Chiapas.svg
Oxchuc is located in Mexico
Oxchuc
Oxchuc
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°51′N 92°25′W / 16.850°N 92.417°W / 16.850; -92.417Coordinates: 16°51′N 92°25′W / 16.850°N 92.417°W / 16.850; -92.417
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
Area
 • Total28 sq mi (72 km2)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total43,350

Oxchuc is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 43,350,[1] up from 33,780 as of 2005.[2] It covers an area of 72 km².

As of 2010, the town of Oxchuc had a population of 6,675.[1] Other than the town of Oxchuc, the municipality had 152 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Yoshib (3,722), classified as urban, and Mesbilja (1,793), El Tzay (1,594), and Tzopilja (1,245), classified as rural.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Oxchuc". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Oxchuc". 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 30, 2007. Retrieved August 2, 2008.