Chamula

Chamula
Templo de San Juan Chamula
Templo de San Juan Chamula
Location of Chamula
Chamula is located in Mexico
Chamula
Chamula
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°47′N 92°41′W / 16.783°N 92.683°W / 16.783; -92.683
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
Population
 (2010)
 • Total76,941

San Juan Chamula is a municipality and township in the Mexican state of Chiapas. It is situated some 2.9 km (1.8 mi) from San Cristóbal de las Casas. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 76,941.[1] Virtually the entire population of the municipality is indigenous and speaks an indigenous language. In 2010, the census reported that 99.5% of the population age 3 years or older speaks an indigenous language.[2] The Tzotzil people and language dominate the municipality.[3]

  1. ^ "Chamula". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Principales-resultados-del-Censo-2010-Chiapas". Scribd. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  3. ^ "San Juan Chamula, Chiapas" (in French). Tourism Board of Mexico. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.