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Chenalhó is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas , in southern Mexico . It covers an area of 113 km .

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2-447: 16°59′16″N 92°31′07″W  /  16.98778°N 92.51861°W  / 16.98778; -92.51861 Acteal is a small village in the municipality of Chenalhó , in the Mexican state of Chiapas , about 20 km north of San Cristóbal de las Casas . It became known internationally at the end of 1997 for the massacre of 45 indigenous people . This article about a location in

4-615: The Mexican state of Chiapas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Chenalh%C3%B3 As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 36,111, up from 27,331 as of 2005. As of 2010, the town of Chenalhó had a population of 3,143. Other than the town of Chenalhó, the municipality had 123 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Tzeltal (2,068), Belisario Domínguez (1,526), Yibeljoj (1,286), Puebla (1,245), and Miguel Utrilla (Los Chorros) (1,113), classified as rural. The Acteal Massacre of 22 December 1997 occurred in

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