Chenalhó
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Municipality of Chenalhó in Chiapas
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Location in Mexico | |
Coordinates: 16°53′N 92°38′W / 16.883°N 92.633°W / 16.883; -92.633 | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Chiapas |
Area | |
• Total | 113 km2 (44 sq mi) |
Population
(2010)
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• Total | 36,111 |
Climate | Cfb |
Chenalhó is a town and municipality in the Mexican stateofChiapas, 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.
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