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Blue-crowned motmot (Momotus momota), Ixhuatán, Chiapas (8 March 2016)
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Ixhuatán, Mexico

Ixhuatán is a town of 3,621 people in Chiapas, Mexico, founded in 1600.

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Population3,621 GeoNames
RegionChiapas
Elevation445 m 1,460 ft
Founded1600
Time zoneAmerica/Mexico City
Nearest airportCarlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport (VSA) 81 km

About Ixhuatán

Ixhuatán is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.

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

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Getting there and nearby towns

Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport (VSA) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 81 km away.

  • Santa Anita 3 km east, about 3 min by car
  • San Francisco Jaconá 4 km southwest, about 4 min by car
  • Tapilula 5 km south, about 5 min by car
  • Monte Horeb 6 km north, about 6 min by car
  • Tuxtla 61 km south, about 1 h by car
  • Chiapa de Corzo 65 km south, about 1 h by car
  • San Cristóbal de las Casas 74 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
  • Villahermosa 77 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
  • Cunduacán 88 km north, about 1 h 30 min by car
  • Cárdenas 88 km northwest, about 1 h 30 min by car

Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.

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