Pichucalco is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas.

Pichucalco
Pichucalco town
Pichucalco town
Municipality of Pichucalco in Chiapas
Municipality of Pichucalco in Chiapas
Pichucalco is located in Mexico
Pichucalco
Pichucalco
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°30′N 93°07′W / 17.500°N 93.117°W / 17.500; -93.117
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
Area
 • Total1,078.1 km2 (416.3 sq mi)
Elevation
44 m (144 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total29,990

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 29,813,[1] up from 29,357 as of 2005.[2] It covers an area of 1,078.1 km2.

As of 2010, the city of Pichucalco had a population of 14,212.[1] Other than the city of Pichucalco, the municipality had 86 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: Nuevo Nicapa (1,346), classified as rural.[1]

Pichucalco served as the head town for the second federal electoral district of Chiapas between 1996 and 2005, and again from 2024.

See also

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  • El Chichón
  • Pichucalco, 2013-02-04

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Pichucalco". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Pichucalco". 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 September 30, 2007. Retrieved August 1, 2008.