Chenalhó

Municipality in Chiapas, Mexico

16°53′N 92°38′W / 16.883°N 92.633°W / 16.883; -92.633Country

MexicoStateChiapasArea

• Total113 km² (44 sq mi)Population

(2010)

• Total36,111ClimateCfb

Chenalhó is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, 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.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Chenalhó". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Archived from the original on 19 November 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
^ "Chenalhó". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal / Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. Archived from the original on 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2008-07-25.