Huixtla

Huixtla
Municipality

Municipality of Huixtla in Chiapas
Huixtla

Location in Mexico

Coordinates: 15°8′N 92°28′W / 15.133°N 92.467°W / 15.133; -92.467Coordinates: 15°8′N 92°28′W / 15.133°N 92.467°W / 15.133; -92.467
Country  Mexico
State Chiapas
Area
 • Total 149 sq mi (385 km2)
Population (2010)
 • Total 51,359

Huixtla is a town and one of the 119 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 51,359,[1] up from 48,476 as of 2005.[2] It covers an area of 385 km².

As of 2010, the city of Huixtla had a population of 32,033.[1] Other than the city of Huixtla, the municipality had 250 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Francisco I. Madero (1,804), Colonia Obrera (1,427), Cantón Rancho Nuevo (1,123), and Cantón las Delicias (1,062), classified as rural.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Huixtla". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Huixtla". 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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