| Uxpanapa | |
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Uxpanapa
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| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Veracruz |
| Municipal seat | La Chinantla (Poblado 10) |
| Municipality created | 31 January 1997 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal President | Juan Cuauhtémoc Vargas Mendoza (AFV) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,600 km2 (1,003.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 38 m (125 ft) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 24,906 |
| • Density | 9.6/km2 (24.8/sq mi) |
| Postal code | |
| Website | www.uxpanapa.gob.mx |
Uxpanapa is a municipality lying in the southeastern part of the state of Veracruz (adjacent to the state of Oaxaca), in Mexico. It is bordered by the municipalities of Jesús Carranza, Hidalgotitlán, Minatitlán, and Las Choapas in Veracruz, as well as Santa María Chimalapa in Oaxaca. It has an area of 2,600 km².[1] Its municipal seat is the town of La Chinantla (Poblado Diez), its largest community, with a 2005 census population of 2,579 inhabitants. Other significant communities in the municipality include the towns of Helio García Alfaro (Poblado Once), Río Uxpanapa (Poblado Catorce), La Horqueta (Poblado Doce), Hermanos Cedillo (Poblado Dos A), and Poblado Cinco. In the 2005 INEGI census the municipality recorded a population of 24,906 inhabitants.[2] The municipality contains a northern extension of the ecologically sensitive Selva Zoque tropical rainforest.[3]