San Cristóbal de las Casas

E214175
city municipality

San Cristóbal de las Casas is a historic highland city in the Mexican state of Chiapas, renowned for its well-preserved colonial architecture, indigenous culture, and role as a cultural and political center in southern Mexico.

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Label Occurrences
San Cristóbal de las Casas canonical 10

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
climate temperate highland climate ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
demographicsCharacteristic large indigenous population ⓘ
distanceTo approximately 60 km east of Tuxtla Gutiérrez ⓘ
economicActivity commerce ⓘ
handicrafts trade ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 2200 meters ⓘ
formerName Ciudad Real ⓘ
San Cristóbal ⓘ
foundedBy Diego de Mazariegos ⓘ
foundedIn 1528 ⓘ
governingBody Municipality of San Cristóbal de las Casas ⓘ
surface form: Municipal government of San Cristóbal de las Casas
hasCulturalInstitution Amber Museum of Chiapas ⓘ
Museo de los Altos de Chiapas ⓘ
Na Bolom Museum ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation Pueblo Mágico ⓘ
hasLandmark Andador Eclesiástico ⓘ
Andador Real de Guadalupe ⓘ
Cathedral of San Cristóbal de las Casas ⓘ
Cerro de Guadalupe ⓘ
Cerro de San Cristóbal ⓘ
Plaza 31 de Marzo ⓘ
Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán ⓘ
hasPostalCodeRange 29000s–29200s (approximate) ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Cathedral of San Cristóbal de las Casas ⓘ
Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán ⓘ
hasSignificantPopulationGroup Tzeltal Maya ⓘ
Tzotzil ⓘ
surface form: Tzotzil Maya
hasUniversity Universidad Intercultural de Chiapas campus ⓘ
isAssociatedWith Zapatista movement in Chiapas ⓘ
surface form: Zapatista movement
isMunicipalSeatOf Municipality of San Cristóbal de las Casas ⓘ
isTouristDestinationOf Chiapas ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
knownFor cultural center of Chiapas ⓘ
indigenous culture ⓘ
political activity in southern Mexico ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
well-preserved colonial architecture ⓘ
locatedIn Chiapas ⓘ
southern Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Southern Mexico
locatedInAdministrativeEntity State of Chiapas ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Central Standard Time
namedAfter Saint Christopher ⓘ
officialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
partOf Sierra Madre de Chiapas region ⓘ
surface form: Los Altos de Chiapas region
roadConnection connected by highway to Tuxtla Gutiérrez ⓘ
usesTimeZone UTC−06:00 ⓘ
usesTimeZoneDST UTC−05:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

San Cristóbal de La Laguna → twinTown → San Cristóbal de las Casas ⓘ
Asheville, North Carolina → sisterCity → San Cristóbal de las Casas ⓘ
State of Chiapas → containsCity → San Cristóbal de las Casas ⓘ
southern Mexico → hasMajorCity → San Cristóbal de las Casas ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Mexico
Fort Collins → hasSisterCity → San Cristóbal de las Casas ⓘ
Chiapas → containsCity → San Cristóbal de las Casas ⓘ
Mexican Federal Highway 190 → connectsCity → San Cristóbal de las Casas ⓘ
Pueblo Mágico → notableExample → San Cristóbal de las Casas ⓘ
Comitán de Domínguez → roadDistanceTo → San Cristóbal de las Casas ⓘ
Chiapas Highlands → containsCity → San Cristóbal de las Casas ⓘ