Chicomuselo

Chicomuselo
—  Municipality  —
Chicomuselo Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 15°46′N 92°16′W / 15.767°N 92.267°W / 15.767; -92.267
Country	Mexico
State	Chiapas
Area
- Total	402.7 sq mi (1,043 km2)
Population (2000)
- Total	24,994

Chicomuselo is a municipio (municipality) in the Mexican state of Chiapas, and also the name of the municipality's largest settlement and the seat of the municipal government. The municipality has an area of some 1,043 km², and had a census population (INEGI 2000 figures) recorded of 24,994 inhabitants.^[1] Chicomuselo is currently suffering the exploitation of land in the hands of the Blackfire exploration LTD a mining company from Canada^[2] url=http://www.blackfireexploration.com/

Notes

1. ^ Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México (2005), entry on "Chicomuselo, Estado de Chiapas".
2. ^ Luis Flores Ballesteros. "Mining and human rights in Chiapas" 54 Pesos May. 2010:54 Pesos 29 May 2009. <http://54pesos.org/2009/05/29/the-paradox-of-development-mining-and-human-rights-in-chiapas/>

References

• INAFED (Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal) (2005). "Chicomuselo, Estado de Chiapas". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México (online version at E-Local ed.). Secretaría de Gobernación. http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chiapas/municipios/07030a.htm. Retrieved 2007-01-09.  (Spanish)

See also

• Municipalities of Chiapas

Coordinates: 15°46′N 92°16′W / 15.767°N 92.267°W / 15.767; -92.267