Motozintla (Motozintla de Mendoza) is a city and one of the 119 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.

Motozintla
Municipality
Motozintla Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 15°22′15″N 92°14′54″W
Country	Mexico
State	Chiapas
Founded	1620
Town status	23 October 1912
City status	10 August 1954
Area
• Total	782.5 km2 (302.1 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	69,119
Website	http://www.motozintla.chiapas.gob.mx/

Motozintla occupies part of Mexico's border with Guatemala and is adjacent to the municipalities of Siltepec (to the north), Escuintla and Huixtla (to the west), Tuzantán and Tapachula (to the south), and Mazapa de Madero and El Porvenir (to the northeast). It covers an area of 782.5 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 69,119,[1] up from 59,875 as of 2005.[2]

The municipality had 416 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Motozintla de Mendoza (23,755), classified as urban, and Belisario Domínguez (2,011), classified as rural.[1]

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