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Chilón
Municipality of Chilón in Chiapas
Municipality of Chilón in Chiapas
Chilón is located in Mexico
Chilón
Chilón
Location in Mexico
Country  Mexico (de jure)
Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities (Controlled by)
State Chiapas
Area
 • Total 960 sq mi (2,490 km2)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 111,554
Climate Am

Chilón is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 2490 km2.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 111,554, up from 77,686 as of 2005.

As of 2010, the town of Chilón had a population of 7,368. Other than the town of Chilón, the municipality had 703 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Bachajón (5,063), classified as urban, and Guaquitepec (2,868), Tzajalá (2,529), San Jerónimo Tulijá (1,859), Alán-Sac'jún (1,632), San Antonio Bulujib (1,206), Tacuba Nueva (1,189), El Mango (1,141), Chiquinival (1,101), and Santiago Pojcol (1,001), classified as rural.

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