Ixhuatán Municipality

Ixhuatán Municipality
Municipality

Municipality of Ixhuatán in Chiapas
Ixhuatán Municipality

Location in Mexico

Coordinates: 17°17′N 93°1′W / 17.283°N 93.017°W / 17.283; -93.017Coordinates: 17°17′N 93°1′W / 17.283°N 93.017°W / 17.283; -93.017
Country  Mexico
State Chiapas
Area
  Total 28 sq mi (72 km2)
Population (2010)
  Total 10,239

Ixhuatán Municipality is one of the 119 municipalities 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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ixhuatán". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. "Ixhuatán". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. Retrieved July 25, 2008.


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