Ocosingo is a city and its surrounding municipality of the same name in the Mexican state of Chiapas .
10-805: Tenejapa Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico . As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 40,268, up from 33,161 as of 2005. It covers an area of 99.4 km². As of 2010, the town of Tenejapa had a population of 1,998. Other than the town of Tenejapa, the municipality had 69 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Kotolte (2,503), Tzajalchén (2,276), Tz'aquiviljok (2,176), classified as urban, and Yashanal (1,893), Matzam (1,599), Chixtontic (1,512), Chacoma (1,462), Sibaniljá Pocolum (1,419), Tres Cerros (1,228), Ococh (1,187), Majosik (1,116), and Jomanichim (1,112), classified as rural. This article about
20-487: A location in the Mexican state of Chiapas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Municipalities of Chiapas Chiapas is a state in Southwest Mexico . According to the 2020 Mexican census , it has the eighth largest population of all states with 5,543,828 inhabitants and the 10th largest by land area spanning 73,560.47 square kilometres (28,401.86 sq mi). Chiapas
30-717: Is officially divided into 124 municipalities , although the establishment of municipal authorities in Belisario Domínguez was suspended in 2015 pending the resolution of a territorial dispute between Chiapas and the neighbouring state of Oaxaca . In 2021, the Mexican Supreme Court resolved this dispute in Oaxaca's favour, and annulled the 2011 decree that had created Belisario Domínguez. Municipalities in Chiapas are administratively autonomous of
40-485: Is the state capital Tuxtla Gutiérrez , with 604,147 residents while the smallest is Sunuapa with 2,308 residents. The largest municipality by land area is Ocosingo which spans 9,520.12 km (3,675.74 sq mi), and the smallest is Santiago el Pinar which spans 16.59 km (6.41 sq mi). The newest municipality is Honduras de la Sierra , incorporated on July 15, 2018. † State capital Ocosingo The northeastern boundary of
50-628: The Zapatista uprising of 1994. It was occupied by the EZLN along with several other towns in Chiapas (including San Cristóbal). The EZLN retreated from most towns before the arrival of the Mexican army but not so in Ocosingo. Thus, the town saw several days of intense fighting, leaving dozens of rebels, soldiers and civilians dead. The body of a recently graduated doctor, Mariana Sánchez Dávalos , 24,
60-464: The maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries. They may also assist the state and federal governments in education, emergency fire and medical services, environmental protection and maintenance of monuments and historical landmarks. Since 1984, they have had the power to collect property taxes and user fees , although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than from their own income. The largest municipality by population
70-1321: The municipality is the Usumacinta River , along a portion where the river forms the international border with Guatemala . As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 198,877, up from 170,280 as of 2005. As of 2010, the city of Ocosingo had a population of 41,878, up from 35,065 as of 2005. Other than the city of Ocosingo, the municipality had 1,387 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Nueva Palestina (10,588), Frontera Corozal (5,184), Tenango (4,436), Abasolo (2,884), classified as urban, and Damasco (2,380), Taniperla (2,106), San Quintín (1,732), Cristóbal Colón (1,623), Santo Domingo (1,584), Cintalapa (1,571), Perla de Acapulco (1,527), Santa Elena (1,508), El Censo (1,500), El Sibal (1,472), Nuevo Francisco León (1,420), El Zapotal (1,385), Las Tazas (1,381), Sibaca (1,359), Arroyo Granizo (1,349), Ubilio García (1,318), El Limonar (1,289), Patria Nueva (San José el Contento) (1,282), Zaragoza (1,163), Los Pinos (1,073), Ramón F. Balboa (1,065), Agua Azul (1,064), Lacandón (1,062), El Tumbo (1,044), and Lacanjá Tzeltal (1,030), classified as rural. Several notable Maya archaeological sites are located in
80-480: The municipality, including Bonampak , Yaxchilan , and Toniná . The western portion of the municipality is in the Chiapas Highlands . The Lacandon Forest covers the central and eastern foothills and lowlands. Protected areas in the municipality include Montes Azules and Nahá–Metzabok biosphere reserves. Ocosingo was given city status on 31 July 1979. Ocosingo rose to national prominence during
90-577: The state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico . Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president (Spanish: presidente municipal ) by a plurality voting system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council ( ayuntamiento ) responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors ( regidores y síndicos ). Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and
100-795: Was found in Nueva Palestina, Ocosingo, on January 29, 2021. Two months earlier she had denounced a sexual attack that had not been followed up by the state prosecutor (FGE). The lack of civil authority in the area made her job "high risk". Her death was classified a suicide, despite evidence of violence and the fact that she had been choked. Doctors and medical students throughout the state demanded an investigation, and #JusticiaparaMariana went viral on social media. Hundreds, mostly women, marched in Tuxtla Gutiérrez , San Cristóbal de las Casas , and Tapachula on January 31 to demand justice. On February 1, Olga Sánchez Cordero , Secretary of
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