Oxchuc

Oxchuc is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.

Oxchuc
Oxchuc
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°51′N 92°25′W
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
Area
  Total28 sq mi (72 km2)
Population
 (2010)
  Total43,350

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.

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