Ocosingo

16.904722222222 - 92.094444444444Koordinaten: 16 ° 54 'N, 92 ° 6' W

Ocosingo is the largest municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas. It is located in the eastern part of the state and is home to parts of the Montañas del Oriente and the Lacandon Jungle. The name comes from the Nahuatl Ocosingo and means "place of the black man."

The municipality has about 200,000 inhabitants and an area of 9520.1 km ². Administrative seat and largest city of Municipalities is the same Ocosingo. In the field of Municipalities to find more than a thousand other places and cities, the largest of which are Nueva Palestina, Tenango and Frontera Corozal. Also in the municipality of Ocosingo are located the archaeological sites Yaxchilan, Bonampak and Toniná, also several nature reserves.

The municipality borders the Municipalities Ocosingo Palenque, Chilón, San Juan Cancuc, Oxchuc, Altamirano, Las Margaritas, Maravilla Tenejapa, Municipio Marqués de Comillas unc Benemérito de las Américas, and to the Republic of Guatemala. The Guatemalan border is formed by the Usumacinta River.

Ocosingo is considered a stronghold of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, an indigenous guerrilla movement in Chiapas.

Ranked list of Mexican states Administrative centre Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía Municipalities of Mexico Altamirano Municipality Las Margaritas, Chiapas Acacoyagua Acala, Chiapas Acapetahua Aldama, Chiapas Amatenango de la Frontera Amatenango del Valle Arriaga, Chiapas Bejucal de Ocampo Bella Vista, Chiapas Bochil Chanal Chapultenango Chicomuselo Coapilla El Bosque, Chiapas Escuintla, Chiapas Frontera Hidalgo Huixtla Ixtapa, Chiapas Ixtapangajoya Jiquipilas Jitotol La Concordia, Chiapas La Grandeza La Independencia, Chiapas La Trinitaria, Chiapas Las Rosas, Chiapas Mapastepec Mazapa de Madero Mitontic Ocotepec, Chiapas Ocozocoautla de Espinosa Pantepec, Chiapas Pichucalco Reforma, Chiapas Sabanilla Salto de Agua San Fernando, Chiapas Siltepec Simojovel Socoltenango Solosuchiapa Suchiapa Suchiate Sunuapa Tapalapa Tapilula Tila, Chiapas Tuxtla Chico Tzimol Venustiano Carranza, Chiapas
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