Huixtán, Mexico

Huixtán is a town of 1,716 people in Chiapas, Mexico.

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Population1,716 GeoNames

RegionChiapas

Elevation1,995 m 6,545 ft

Time zoneAmerica/Mexico City

Nearest airportAeropuerto Internacional Ángel Albino Corzo (TGZ) 63 km

About Huixtán

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".

From the Wikipedia article Huixtán (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting there and nearby towns

Aeropuerto Internacional Ángel Albino Corzo (TGZ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 63 km away.

Eshpuilho 2 km west, about 2 min by car
Oquem 3 km northwest, about 3 min by car
Lázaro Cárdenas (Chilil) 5 km southwest, about 5 min by car
San Andrés Puerto Rico 6 km east, about 6 min by car
Buenavista 5 km southeast, about 5 min by car
Chanal 6 km east, about 6 min by car
San Cristóbal de las Casas 20 km west, about 20 min by car
Chiapa de Corzo 59 km west, about 59 min by car
Comitán 62 km southeast, about 1 h by car
Tuxtla 71 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car

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