Pichucalco | |
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Municipality | |
Municipality of Pichucalco in Chiapas |
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Location in Mexico | |
Coordinates: 17°30′N 93°07′W / 17.500°N 93.117°WCoordinates: 17°30′N 93°07′W / 17.500°N 93.117°W | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Chiapas |
Area | |
• Total | 1,078.1 km2 (416.3 sq mi) |
Elevation | 44 m (144 ft) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 29,813 |
Pichucalco is a town and one of the 119 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 29,813, up from 29,357 as of 2005. It covers an area of 1,078.1 km².
As of 2010, the city of Pichucalco had a population of 14,212. Other than the city of Pichucalco, the municipality had 86 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: Nuevo Nicapa (1,346), classified as rural.
Pichucalco served as the head town for the Second Federal Electoral District of Chiapas between 1996 and 2005.