Huixtán
| Huixtán | |
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| Municipality | |
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 Municipality of Huixtán in Chiapas |
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 Huixtán
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| Coordinates: 16°46′N 92°27′W / 16.767°N 92.450°WCoordinates: 16°46′N 92°27′W / 16.767°N 92.450°W | |
| Country |
 Mexico
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| State | Chiapas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 70.0 sq mi (181.3 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 21,507 |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
Huixtán is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. Huixtán in the Nahuatl language means "the place of the prickles."
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 21,507, up from 18,630 as of 2005. It covers an area of 181.3 km².
As of 2010, the town of Huixtán had a population of 1,716. Other than the town of Huixtán, the municipality had 66 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Los Pozos (1,436), Lázaro Cárdenas (Chilil) (1,177), and Carmen Yalchuch (1,124), classified as rural.
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