Uxpanapa is a municipality

Municipalities of Mexico

Municipalities are the second-level administrative division in Mexico . There are 2,438 municipalities in Mexico, making the average municipality population 45,616...

 lying in the southeastern part of the state of Veracruz

Veracruz

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 (adjacent to the state of Oaxaca

Oaxaca

Oaxaca , , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca is one of the 31 states which, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided into 571 municipalities; of which 418 are governed by the system of customs and traditions...

), in Mexico

Mexico

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. It is bordered by the municipalities of Jesús Carranza

Jesús Carranza, Veracruz

Jesus Carranza is a town and municipality located in the State of Veracruz, in Mexico. The town has an area of 486.32 kilometers squared. It represents about 0.67 percent of the State of Veracruz. Jesus Carranza borders the State of Oaxaca to its west. It is located 435 kilometers from the...

, Hidalgotitlán

Hidalgotitlán

Hidalgotitlán is a town in the Mexican state of Veracruz, with a population of near 18,000 in 2000. Its name derives from two words: one Spanish and the other indigenous...

, Minatitlán

Minatitlán, Veracruz

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, and Las Choapas

Las Choapas

Las Choapas is a city and its surrounding municipality in the southeastern extremes of the state of Veracruz in Mexico. It is bordered by the municipalities of Uxpanapa, Minatitlán, Moloacán, and Agua Dulce in Veracruz, Huimanguillo in Tabasco, Cintalapa and Tecpatán in Chiapas, and Santa María...

 in Veracruz, as well as Santa María Chimalapa

Santa María Chimalapa

Santa María Chimalapa is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico.It is part of the Juchitán District in the west of the Istmo de Tehuantepec region.-Environment:...

 in Oaxaca. It has an area of 2,600 km².
Its municipal seat is the town of La Chinantla (Poblado Diez), its largest community, with a 2005 census population of 2,579 inhabitants. Other significant communities in the municipality include the towns of Helio García Alfaro (Poblado Once), Río Uxpanapa (Poblado Catorce), La Horqueta (Poblado Doce), Hermanos Cedillo (Poblado Dos A), and Poblado Cinco. In the 2005 INEGI census the municipality recorded a population of 24,906 inhabitants.
The municipality contains a northern extension of the ecologically sensitive Selva Zoque

Selva Zoque

The Selva Zoque , which includes the Chimalapas rain forest, is an area of great ecological importance in Mexico. Most of the forest lies in the state of Oaxaca but parts are in Chiapas and Veracruz....

tropical rainforest.

External links

• Municipio de Uxpanapa Official website (in Spanish)