Bochil

Bochil
Municipality

Municipality of Bochil in Chiapas
Bochil

Location in Mexico

Coordinates: 16°59′N 92°55′W / 16.983°N 92.917°W / 16.983; -92.917Coordinates: 16°59′N 92°55′W / 16.983°N 92.917°W / 16.983; -92.917
Country  Mexico
State Chiapas
Area
  Total 372.7 km2 (143.9 sq mi)
Population (2010)
  Total 30,642
Climate Aw

Bochil is a city and one of the 122 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 372.7 km². Bochil serves as the head town for the Second Federal Electoral District of Chiapas.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 30,642,[1] up from 22,722 as of 2005.[2]

As of 2010, the city of Bochil had a population of 12,404.[1] Other than the city of Bochil, the municipality had 83 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Ajiló (1,271), El Copal (1,133), and Luis Espinoza (1,107), classified as rural.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bochil". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. "Bochil". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal / Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
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