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Bochil

Coordinates: 16°59′N 92°55′W / 16.983°N 92.917°W / 16.983; -92.917
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Bochil
Municipality of Bochil in Chiapas
Municipality of Bochil in Chiapas
Bochil is located in Mexico
Bochil
Bochil
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°59′N 92°55′W / 16.983°N 92.917°W / 16.983; -92.917
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
Area
 • Total372.7 km2 (143.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total30,642
ClimateAw

Bochil is a city and municipality in the Mexican state 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

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  1. ^ a b c "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. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-07-25.