Chenalhó
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Chenalhó is a town
and one of the 119 municipalities of Chiapas
, in southern Mexico
.
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 27,331. It covers an area of 113 km².
The Acteal Massacre
of 22 December 1997 occurred in the municipality of Chenalhó.
Settlement classification in Mexico
Mexico's states classify their settlements in a variety of fashions:-Aguascalientes:Under Article 106 of the Municipal Law of the State of Aguascalientes, the state defines its settlements as follows:...
and one of the 119 municipalities of Chiapas
Municipalities of Chiapas
The Mexican state of Chiapas is divided into 118 municipalities :...
, in southern Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
.
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 27,331. It covers an area of 113 km².
The Acteal Massacre
Acteal massacre
The Acteal Massacre was a massacre of 45 people attending a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic indigenous townspeople, including a number of children and pregnant women, who were members of the pacifist group Las Abejas , in the small village of Acteal in the municipality of Chenalhó, in the Mexican...
of 22 December 1997 occurred in the municipality of Chenalhó.