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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 ...
The largest population center is San Cristobal de las Casas with 158, 000 inhabitants. This city is the regional economic and political center of the region. [10] San Cristobal or 'Jovel' (in Tsotsil) was founded in 1528 as "Ciudad Real" by Spanish conquerors as the capital of the province and the headquarters of Hispanic control in the highlands.
Ciudad Real was renamed San Cristóbal de las Casas in 1828. [16] In the decades after the official end of the war, the provinces of Chiapas and Soconusco unified, with power concentrated in San Cristóbal de las Casas.
The municipality system was created in the state in 1915, with Palenque head of its own municipality. The first airfield was established in 1931 and mail and telegraph arrived in 1941. In 1972 it was declared a city by the governor of the state of Chiapas. The Casa de Cultura was founded in 1980 with the main road paved in 1990.
It replaced San Cristóbal de las Casas as the capital of Chiapas on August 11, 1892. The first library in the state was founded in Tuxtla in 1910. [4] During the Mexican Revolution, a battalion called "The Sons of Tuxtla" was formed in 1911, and its member Captain Julio Miramontes was assassinated in 1912.
The first airline to operate at this airport was Aerocaribe in 1997 and 1998, offering flights to Tuxtla Gutiérrez, using a Cessna 402C Businessliner.The flight departed Tuxtla Gutiérrez at 12:30 and arrived in San Cristóbal de las Casas at 13:00, operating on Tuesdays and Thursdays initially and later from Monday to Friday.
Casa Na Bolom, exterior, 2013 Casa Na Bolom is located in San Cristóbal de las Casas , Chiapas , Mexico . It was the home of archeologist Frans Blom and his wife, documentary photographer, journalist, environmental pioneer Gertrude Duby Blom .
The Lagunas de Montebello National Park is in the municipalities of La Trinitaria and La Independencia in southeastern Chiapas state, close to Guatemala.The nearest city is Comitán, an hour's drive to the west; the popular tourist city of San Cristóbal de las Casas is a further two more hours to the west.