Chanal is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.

It covers an area of 295.6 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 10,817,[1] up from 7,568 as of 2005.

[1] Other than the town of Chanal, the municipality had 19 localities, none of which had a population over 1,000.

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