Tuzantán is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

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 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 Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 28,137, up from 23,180 as of 2005. It covers an area of 64.6 km². As of 2010, the town of Tuzantán had a population of 2,863. Other than the town of Tuzantán, the municipality had 152 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Xochiltepec (2,563), classified as urban, and Primer Cantón (1,477), Estación Tuzantán (1,225), and Villa Hidalgo (1,089), classified as rural.

References

Municipalities of Chiapas {{Chiapas-geo-stub