It borders the municipalities of Ixhuatán to the north, Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacán to the east, Jitotol to the south, Rayón to the southwest, and Tapilula to the northwest.

[5] On 18 August 2017, the Congress of Chiapas approved the separation of Rincón Chamula San Pedro and its neighbouring communities to create a new municipality.

[6] The decree establishing Rincón Chamula San Pedro and Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal as new municipalities was gazetted on 6 September 2017.

[4] In 2018, Rincón Chamula San Pedro elected its first municipal president, Reynaldo Girón Bautista.

[7] In the 2010 Mexican Census, the localities that now comprise the municipality of Rincón Chamula San Pedro recorded a total population of 7244 inhabitants,[1] 5968 or 82% of which reported speaking an indigenous language, Tzotzil being the main one spoken.