Acteal is a small village in the municipality of

Chenalhó Chenalhó is a town and one of the 119 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 113 km2. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 36,111, up from 27,331 as of 2005. As of 2010, the town of Chenalhó ...

, in the Mexican state of

Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...

, about 20 km north of

San Cristóbal de las Casas San Cristóbal de las Casas (), also known by its native Tzotzil name, Jovel (), is a town and municipality located in the Central Highlands region of the Mexican state of Chiapas. It was the capital of the state until 1892, and is still consid ...

. It became known internationally at the end of 1997 for the massacre of 45 indigenous people.

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Populated places in Chiapas {{Chiapas-geo-stub