Bochil

Bochil
Municipality

Municipality of Bochil in Chiapas
Bochil

Location in Mexico

Coordinates: 16°59′N 92°55′W / 16.983°N 92.917°WCoordinates: 16°59′N 92°55′W / 16.983°N 92.917°W
Country  Mexico
State Chiapas
Area
  Total 372.7 km2 (143.9 sq mi)
Population (2010)
  Total 30,642
Climate Aw

Bochil is a city and one of the 122 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 372.7 km². Bochil serves as the head town for the Second Federal Electoral District of Chiapas.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 30,642,[1] up from 22,722 as of 2005.[2]

As of 2010, the city of Bochil had a population of 12,404.[1] Other than the city of Bochil, the municipality had 83 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Ajiló (1,271), El Copal (1,133), and Luis Espinoza (1,107), classified as rural.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Bochil". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. "Bochil". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal / Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. Retrieved 2008-07-25.