Chicoasén
Chicoasén is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 82 km2. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 5,018, up from 3,346 as of 2005.- Type: Village with 3,950 residents
- Description: municipal seat of Chicoasén, State of Chiapas, Mexico
- Also known as: “Chicoasen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Manuel Moreno Torres Dam.
Manuel Moreno Torres Dam
Dam
The Chicoasén Dam is an embankment dam and hydroelectric power station on the Grijalva River near Chicoasén in Chiapas, Mexico. The dam's power plant contains 5 x 300 MW, 3 x 310 MW Francis turbine-generators. Manuel Moreno Torres Dam is situated 3 km south of Chicoasén.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Osumacinta Municipality.
Osumacinta Municipality
Village
Osumacinta Municipality is a village, which is situated 4 km southeast of Chicoasén.
Chicoasén
- Categories: locality of Mexico and locality
- Location: Chicoasén Municipality, Chiapas, Yucatán and the South, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
16.96747° or 16° 58′ 3″ north
Longitude
-93.10545° or 93° 6′ 20″ west
Population
3,950
Elevation
300 metres (984 feet)
Open location code
7688XV8V+XR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Chicoasén” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Chicoasén”
- Chechen: “Чикоасен (Чикоасен, Чияпас)”
- Chechen: “Чикоасен”
- French: “Chicoasén”
- Georgian: “ჩიკოასენი”
- German: “Chicoasén”
- Italian: “Chicoasén”
- Portuguese: “Chicoasén”
- Russian: “Чикоасен”
- Serbian: “Чикоасен”
- Spanish: “Chicoasen”
- Spanish: “Chicoasén”
- Tatar: “Чикоасен”
- Turkish: “Chicoasén”
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Highlights include Embarcadero Lanchas and Cerro La Sombra.
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