The Eighth District of Chiapas covers eight municipalities near the Guatemalan border: Bella Vista, Chicomuselo, Comitán de Domínguez, Frontera Comalapa, La Independencia, La Trinitaria, Socoltenango and Tzimol [REF].
The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Comitán.