Oxchuc | |
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Municipality | |
Location in Mexico | |
Coordinates: 16°51′N 92°25′W / 16.850°N 92.417°WCoordinates: 16°51′N 92°25′W / 16.850°N 92.417°W | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Chiapas |
Area | |
• Total | 28 sq mi (72 km2) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 43,350 |
Oxchuc is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 43,350, up from 33,780 as of 2005. It covers an area of 72 km².
As of 2010, the town of Oxchuc had a population of 6,675. Other than the town of Oxchuc, the municipality had 152 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Yoshib (3,722), classified as urban, and Mesbilja (1,793), El Tzay (1,594), and Tzopilja (1,245), classified as rural.