Ocozocoautla de Espinosa

16.766666666667 - 93.366666666667Koordinaten: 16 ° 46 'N, 93 ° 22 ' W

Ocozocoautla de Espinosa is a municipality in the west of the Mexican state of Chiapas. The name comes from the Nahuatl Ocozocoautla and means forest of Ocozote ' ( Ocozote is a type of textile ), the addition Espinosa honors the revolutionary Luis Espinosa.

The municipality has about 82,000 inhabitants and an area of 2102.5 km ². Administrative seat and largest town of the Municipalities is the same Ocozocoautla de Espinosa; second largest city of the Municipalities is Ocuilapa de Juárez. Parts of the Municipalities form the Biosphere Selva El Ocote.

The municipality Ocozocoautla de Espinosa borders the municipalities Tecpatán, Berriozábal, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Suchiapa, Villa Flores, Jiquipilas and Cintalapa.

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