Chenalhó is a
town and one of the 119
municipalities of Chiapas, in southern
Mexico. It covers an area of 113 km
2.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 36,111,
up from 27,331 as of 2005.
As of 2010, the town of Chenalhó had a population of 3,143.
[ Other than the town of Chenalhó, the municipality had 123 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: ]Tzeltal Tzeltal may refer to:
* Tzeltal people, an ethnic group of Mexico
* Tzeltal language
Tzeltal or Tseltal () is a Mayan language spoken in the Mexican state of Chiapas, mostly in the municipalities of Ocosingo, Altamirano, Huixtán, Tenejapa, ...
(2,068), Belisario Domínguez (1,526), Yibeljoj (1,286), Puebla
Puebla ( en, colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its cap ...
(1,245), and Miguel Utrilla (Los Chorros) (1,113), classified as rural.[
The Acteal Massacre of 22 December 1997 occurred in the municipality of Chenalhó.
]
References
Municipalities of Chiapas
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