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Chiapas

Chiapas is a state in . It is a large state with remote archaeological sites deep in the jungle, national parks with sparkling mountain lakes, deep canyons, and spectacular waterfalls.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Palenque and Tuxtla Gutiérrez.

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Located in Chiapas, the Mayan ruined city of stands out as one of the most beautiful and tourist-friendly of the Mayan cities. It has well developed tourist infrastructure with easy accessibility and a spectacular setting on a mountain in the midst of a rainforest.

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, usually just called Tuxtla, is the capital of Chiapas, and a busy government, commercial and services-oriented city. It is not a tourist attraction, but normal Mexican city, also acting as a transportation hub for tourists coming into the state due to its major airport and a bus terminal.

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is in the southern state of Chiapas. It is the cultural capital of the state, and was designated a 'Pueblo Mágico' by the Mexican government in 2003.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Tapachula and Yaxchilan.

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de Córdova y Ordóñez or simply is a city of 320,000 people in Chiapas. is Mexico's main border city with Guatemala on the Pacific coast area although it is some kilometers away from the border.

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Yaxchilán is an archaeological site in the state of Chiapas in southern . At its peak, was one of the largest and most powerful city-states in the Mayan realm, though today, its remote location makes it a relatively challenging site to visit.

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is an ancient Maya city near in Chiapas. In its day it rivaled in power. Only discovered in the late 20th century, it provides a great opportunity to see an ancient Maya ruin without being overcrowded with tourists.

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is a Mayan archaeological site in the southern state of Chiapas in . It is located deep within the Lacadon jungle near a tributary of the Usumacinta River.

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is a city of 142,000 people in Chiapas in . is a popular tourist destination, mostly for Mexican nationals, though some foreign visitors can also be seen. The town has colonial architecture, narrow avenues, and clean streets.

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, usually referred to as simply Chamula, is a small town in the mountainous jungles of Chiapas in southern Mexico. Chamula is the main town of the indigenous Tzotzil people.

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is in Chiapas, just north of Tuxtla Gutierrez. The area is one of the most scenic of Mexico national parks, but is generally not crowded because it is off the usual tourist path.

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is one of the oldest Mayan sites in Mexico. It is located northeast of in Chiapas, , near the border.

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is a small city in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas. It's a small town with some colonial charm and a rich indigenous heritage dating back to 1400 BC.

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is a small and sleepy village of 17,000 people in Chiapas, close to . There is a big lagoon with a lot of interesting wildlife, including a population of manatees and several kinds of colorful birds.

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is a city of 48,000 people in Chiapas. is also known as the "Gateway to the Lacandon Jungle", and has several archaeological sites.

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is a small city in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. The town is best known for its natural attractions, which are a magnet for outdoors and adrenaline seekers who come for the rivers, canyons, caves and forests.

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is in Chiapas in the southern part of , near the border with . It is famous for its many colorful lakes.

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is a small town of about 6,500 residents in the southern state of Chiapas, Mexico. Visitors come for the colonial small town charm as well as the natural environment with lush jungles and waterfalls spawning rivers and streams.

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is in the state of Chiapas in .

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is one of two small beach towns at either end of the Laguna de Joya on the Pacific coast of Chiapas, . Boca is the southern end of the lagoon.

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is a protected natural area of more than 330,000 hectares of tropical jungle in the state of Chiapas in southern . It is part of the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

Chiapas

Latitude of center
16.5° or 16° 30′ north
Longitude of center
-92.5° or 92° 30′ west
Population
5,540,000
Elevation
1,365 metres (4,478 feet)
Abbreviation
“CHP”
Abbreviation
“Chis”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 305626894
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
3531011
Wiki­data ID
Q60123
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Chiapas” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Chiapas”
  • Arabic: “تشياباس”
  • Arabic: “ولاية تشياباس”
  • Aragonese: “Chiapas”
  • Aragonese: “Estato de Chiapas”
  • Armenian: “Չիապաս”
  • Armenian: “Չյապաս”
  • Asturian: “Chiapas”
  • Aymara: “Chiapas Istadu”
  • Balinese: “Chiapas”
  • Basque: “Chiapas”
  • Belarusian: “Ч’япас”
  • Belarusian: “штат Ч’япас”
  • Bengali: “চিয়াপাস”
  • Bosnian: “Chiapas”
  • Breton: “Chiapas”
  • Bulgarian: “Чиапас”
  • Catalan: “Chiapas”
  • Catalan: “Estat de Chiapas”
  • Cebuano: “Estado de Chiapas”
  • Chechen: “Чьяпас”
  • Cheyenne: “Chiapas”
  • Chinese: “Chiapas Chiu”
  • Chinese: “恰帕斯”
  • Chinese: “恰帕斯州”
  • Cornish: “Chiapas”
  • Croatian: “Chiapas”
  • Czech: “Chiapas”
  • Danish: “Chiapas”
  • Dutch: “Chiapas”
  • Esperanto: “Chiapas”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉiapaso”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉiapo”
  • Estonian: “Chiapas”
  • Estonian: “Chiapase osariik”
  • Finnish: “Chiapas”
  • French: “Chiapas”
  • French: “État de Chiapas”
  • Galician: “Chiapas”
  • Galician: “Estado de Chiapas”
  • Georgian: “ჩიაპასი”
  • German: “Chiapas”
  • Greek: “Τσιάπας”
  • Gujarati: “ચીઆપાસ”
  • Hebrew: “צ’יאפס בפנורמה הלאומית”
  • Hebrew: “צ’יאפס”
  • Hindi: “चियापास”
  • Hungarian: “Chiapas”
  • Icelandic: “Chiapas”
  • Ido: “Chiapas”
  • Iloko: “Chiapas”
  • Inari Sami: “Chiapas”
  • Indonesian: “Chiapas”
  • Interlingua: “Chiapas”
  • Irish: “Chiapas”
  • Italian: “Chiapas”
  • Japanese: “チアパス”
  • Japanese: “チアパス州”
  • Japanese: “チャパス州”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Chiapas”
  • Kannada: “ಚಿಯಾಪಾಸ್”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Чьяпас”
  • Korean: “치아파스 주”
  • Korean: “치아파스”
  • Korean: “치아파스주”
  • Kurdish: “Chiapas”
  • Ladino: “Chiapas”
  • Latin: “Chiapa”
  • Latin: “Chiapae”
  • Latvian: “Čjapasa”
  • Lithuanian: “Čiapas”
  • Lithuanian: “Čiapasas”
  • Lithuanian: “Čiapaso valstija”
  • Macedonian: “Чијапас”
  • Malagasy: “Chiapas”
  • Malay: “Chiapas”
  • Marathi: “चियापास”
  • Marathi: “च्यापास”
  • Mazanderani: “چیاپاس”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chiapas Chiu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Chiapas (Bundesstoot)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Chiapas”
  • Northern Sami: “Chiapas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chiapas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chiapas”
  • Norwegian: “Chiapas”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Chiapas”
  • Ossetian: “Чьяпас”
  • Pampanga: “Chiapas”
  • Persian: “چیاپاس”
  • Piemontese: “Chiapas”
  • Polish: “Chiapas”
  • Portuguese: “Chiapas”
  • Portuguese: “Estado de Chiapas”
  • Quechua: “Chiapas suyu”
  • Romanian: “Chiapas”
  • Romansh: “Chiapas”
  • Russian: “Чиапас”
  • Russian: “Чьяпас (Мексика)”
  • Russian: “Чьяпас”
  • Russian: “штат Чьяпас”
  • Sardinian: “Chiapas”
  • Sardinian: “Tziapas”
  • Scots: “Chiapas”
  • Serbian: “Chiapas”
  • Serbian: “Estado de Chiapas”
  • Serbian: “Држава Чиапас”
  • Serbian: “Чиапас”
  • Serbian: “Чијапас”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Chiapas”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Čijapas”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Čjapas”
  • Sinhala: “චියපාස්”
  • Sinhala: “චියාපාස් ප්‍රාන්තය, මෙක්සිකෝව”
  • Skolt Sami: “Chiapas”
  • Slovak: “Chiapas”
  • Slovenian: “Chiapas”
  • Spanish: “Chiapas”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Chiapas”
  • Swahili: “Chiapas”
  • Swedish: “Chiapas”
  • Tagalog: “Chiapas”
  • Tajik: “Чяпас”
  • Tamil: “சியாபாஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Чьяпас”
  • Telugu: “చియాపస్”
  • Thai: “Chiapas”
  • Thai: “Chiapaz”
  • Thai: “รัฐเชียปัส”
  • Tumbuka: “Chiapas”
  • Turkish: “Chiapas”
  • Ukrainian: “Чіапас”
  • Ukrainian: “Чьяпас”
  • Urdu: “چیاپاس”
  • Uzbek: “Chiapas”
  • Uzbek: “Chyapas”
  • Venetian: “Chiapas”
  • Vietnamese: “Chiapas”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Chiapas”
  • Welsh: “Chiapas”
  • Western Panjabi: “چیاپاز”
  • Wu Chinese: “恰帕斯州”
  • Yue Chinese: “恰帕斯州”
  • “Chiapas”
  • “Chiyapan”
  • “Chiyapan Tlahtohkayotl”
  • “Chiyapan Tlatilantli”
  • “Mahkawtok Tlahtohkayotl tlen Chiyapan”
  • “Mahkawtok Tlatilantli tlen Chiyapan”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Chiapas”. Photo: Darij & Ana, CC BY 2.0.