Uxpanapa Municipality is a
municipality lying in the southeastern part of the state of
Veracruz (adjacent to the state of
Oaxaca), in
Mexico. It is bordered by the municipalities of
Jesús Carranza,
Hidalgotitlán,
Minatitlán, and
Las Choapas in Veracruz, as well as
Santa María Chimalapa 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 Villa Juarez (poblado 1), Saturnino, Helio García Alfaro (Poblado Once), Río Uxpanapa (Poblado Catorce),La laguna, Agustin Melgar, La Horqueta (Poblado Doce), Hermanos Cedillo (Poblado Dos A), Plan de Arroyo (poblado 2 B), 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 tropical rainforest.