San Juan Cancuc

San Juan Cancuc is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.

San Juan Cancuc
Municipality
San Juan Cancuc
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°54′N 92°22′W
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
Area
  Total233.5 km2 (90.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
  Total29,016

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 29,016,[1] up from 20,688 as of 2005.[2] 99.8% of the population speaks an indigenous language. [3] It covers an area of 233.5 km2 (90.2 sq mi).


As of 2010, the town of San Juan Cancuc had a population of 6,327.[1] Other than the town of San Juan Cancuc, the municipality had 36 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Chiloljá (2,415), El Pozo (1,758), Nichteel San Antonio (1,726), and Chancolom (1,132), classified as rural.[1]

References

  1. "San Juan Cancuc". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. "San Juan Cancuc". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. Retrieved July 27, 2008.
  3. "Google Translate". translate.google.com.
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