Ixhuatán is a town and
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
Mexican state
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of
Chiapas
Chiapas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas, is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises Municipalities of Chiapas, 124 municipalities and its capital and large ...
in southern
Mexico
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.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 10,239,
up from 8,877 as of 2005 .
It covers an area of 72 km
2.
As of 2010, the town of Ixhuatán had a population of 3,621.
[ Other than the town of Ixhuatán, the municipality had 53 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: ]Ignacio Zaragoza
Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín (March 24, 1829 – September 8, 1862) was a Mexican Army officer and politician. He is best known for leading a Mexican army of 3,791 men which defeated a 5,730-strong force of French troops at the battle of Puebla ...
(1,222), and Chapayal Grande (1,112), classified as rural.[
]
References
Municipalities of Chiapas
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