Tila, Chiapas

Tila
Municipality of Teopisca in Chiapas
Tila
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°18′N 92°26′W / 17.300°N 92.433°W / 17.300; -92.433
Country Mexico (de jure)
Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities (Controlled by)
StateChiapas
Area
  Total
272.4 sq mi (705.5 km2)
Population
 (2010)
  Total
71,432

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

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 71,432, up from 58,153 in 2005. It covers an area of 705.5 km2.

As of 2010, the town of Tila had a population of 7,164. Other than the town of Tila, the municipality had 160 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were Petalcingo (6,775), Nueva Esperanza (4,059), and El Limar (2,908), all classified as urban, and Chulum Juárez (2,137), Tocob Leglemal (2,067), Nuevo Limar (1,974), Shoctic (1,717), Usipa (1,450), Cantioc (1,426), Joljá (1,303), Chulum Cárdenas (1,126), Jolsibaquil (1,103), Misija (1,087), and Unión Juárez (1,012), classified as rural.