Ocosingo

This article is about a city in Mexico. Ocosingo is also the name of an administrative unit in Mexico, see Municipio Ocosingo , as well as a genus of the amphipods, see Ocosingo (genus) .

Ocosingo
Coordinates: 16 ° 54 '  N , 92 ° 6'  W Ocosingo​ Ocosingo on the map of Chiapas
Basic data
Country	Mexico
State	Chiapas
Municipio	Ocosingo
Residents	41,878  (2010)
City insignia
Detailed data
height	900  m
Post Code	29950
prefix	919
Entering the city

Ocosingo is a city in the Mexican state of Chiapas . The capital of the municipality of the same name has 41,787 inhabitants (2010). The name Ocosingo comes from Nahuatl and means "place of the black man".

history

Before the arrival of the Spanish conquerors , Ocosingo was an important center of the Tzeltal . Under Spanish colonial rule, many inhabitants of the surrounding forests were settled in Ocosingo. After Mexico's independence, Ocosingo was declared a villa in 1829 , capital of the Chilón department in 1878 and finally a city in 1979. In 1994 Ocosingo became known as a center of the EZLN's activities.

Web links

Commons : Ocosingo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ocosingo on nuestro-mexico.com