Huixtán

Also known as Huixtan

Huixtán is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. In the Nahuatl language, Huixtán means "the place of the prickles".

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Settlement.name: Huixtán
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Huixtán, Chiapas.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 300px
Settlement.image_map: Huixtán - Chiapas.PNG
Settlement.map_caption: Municipality of Huixtán in Chiapas
Settlement.pushpin_map: Mexico
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: above
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Mexico
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State

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Huixtán is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. In the Nahuatl language, Huixtán means "the place of the prickles".

The municipality covers an area of 181.3 km2. As of 2010, it had a population of 21,507, up from 18,630 in 2005.