Ocosingo, Chiapas

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Ocosingo is a city and its surrounding municipality ("municipio") of the same name in the Mexican state of Chiapas. The municipality borders the Usumacinta River along a portion where the river forms the international border with Guatemala. The city had a 2005 census population of 35,065 inhabitants, and serves as municipal seat of the municipality, which had a population of 170,280. The municipality has a relatively large area of 8,616.71 km² (3,326.93 sq mi). There are numerous smaller towns in the municipality, the largest of which are Nueva Palestina, Tenango, and Frontera Corozal.

Ocosingo was given city status on 31 July 1979. [http://www.sanjoseocosingo.com/ocosingo.html]

Several notable Maya archaeological sites are nearby, including Bonampak and Toniná.

References

* [http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005] INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
* [http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_chiapas Chiapas] Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México