La Chinantla
La Chinantla (Poblado 10) is a town in the Municipality of Uxpanapa, in southwest Veracruz, Mexico.
The town of La Chinantla (Poblado 10) is located in the Municipality of Uxpanapa, in southwest Veracruz, Mexico, it was founded in 1977, as a resettlement town for indigenous people displaced by the construccion of the Malpaso Dam in Chiapas, the town was planned, drafted, founded, and built by the Mexican Military and Instituto Nacional Indigenista now Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas.
The town was founded in the middle of the jungle; it has a single dirt road to go in and out, but because it was built by the Mexican government it had many amenities that other towns did not have, like paved roads and concrete sidewalks, schools, a community center, electricity and potable water.
Every town in the region had an assigned number from 1 to 15, and the number assigned to La Chinantla was number 10, The town changed its official name in 1997, when the municipality of Uxpanapa was authorized by the state legislature, and now the Town is called "La Chinantla" in honor of the Chinantec indigenous people that live in the region.
The town has internet and phone service, the telephone area code (clave lada) is 923 and the zip code is 996998,