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Tuxtla is the largest and most developed city in the state of Chiapas, and has an accelerated population growth rate. [5] [16] [17] It is clean and mainly business oriented. [18] The city has wide busy avenues, filled with cars, taxis, and buses. Shopping ranges from modern commercial plazas and malls to popular markets and open air tianguis. [18]
Chiapas, [b] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas, [c] is one of the states that make up the 32 federal entities of Mexico.It comprises 124 municipalities as of September 2017 [8] [9] and its capital and largest city is Tuxtla Gutiérrez.
The largest municipality by population is the state capital Tuxtla Gutiérrez, with 604,147 residents while the smallest is Sunuapa with 2,308 residents. [1] The largest municipality by land area is Ocosingo which spans 9,520.12 km 2 (3,675.74 sq mi), and the smallest is Santiago el Pinar which spans 16.59 km 2 (6.41 sq mi). [2]
The current municipality was created in 1915, with Tapachula as the governing entity. It was declared the provisional capital of Chiapas by forces loyal to Victoriano Huerta in 1924. [10] [12] The first air route to the city was established in 1929, connecting it with Tuxtla Gutiérrez and Mexico City. [10]
San Cristóbal de las Casas (Spanish: [saŋkɾisˈtoβal de las ˈkasas] ⓘ), also known by its native Tzotzil name, Jovel (pronounced [xɤ̞ˈve̞l]), is a town and municipality located in the Central Highlands region of the Mexican state of Chiapas. It was the capital of the state until 1892, and is still considered the cultural capital of ...
Cities, towns and villages in the Mexican state of Chiapas. ... Pages in category "Populated places in Chiapas" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 ...
This is a list of the Top 100 cities in Mexico by fixed population, according to the 2020 Mexican National Census. [1]According to Mexico's National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), a locality is "any place settled with one or more dwellings, which may or may not be inhabited, and which is known by a name given by law or tradition". [2]
Palenque refers to both the modern city and the municipality for which it is the local governing authority. As of 2010, the municipality had a population of 110,918. [2] As of 2010, the city of Palenque had a population of 42,947, [2] up from 37,301 in 2005. [3] Other than the city of Palenque, the municipality had 950 localities.