State of Chiapas

E50669

federal state state of Mexico

The State of Chiapas is a southern Mexican state known for its large Indigenous population, rich Mayan archaeological sites, and diverse ecosystems ranging from highland forests to tropical jungles.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
State of Chiapas canonical	6
state of Chiapas	3
Chiapas (state)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal state ⓘ state of Mexico ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
bordersCountry	Guatemala ⓘ
bordersState	Campeche state ⓘ surface form: Campeche Oaxaca ⓘ Tabasco ⓘ Veracruz ⓘ
capital	Tuxtla Gutiérrez ⓘ
climate	temperate in highlands ⓘ tropical in lowlands ⓘ
containsArchaeologicalSite	Bonampak ⓘ Palenque ⓘ Toniná ⓘ Yaxchilán ⓘ
containsCity	Comitán de Domínguez ⓘ San Cristóbal de las Casas ⓘ Tapachula ⓘ
containsProtectedArea	Lacantún Biosphere Reserve ⓘ Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve ⓘ Sumidero Canyon National Park ⓘ
containsRegion	Sierra Madre de Chiapas ⓘ surface form: Central Highlands of Chiapas Lacandon Jungle ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
hasEcosystem	cloud forest ⓘ montane forest ⓘ tropical rainforest ⓘ wetlands ⓘ
hasIndigenousPopulation	large ⓘ
indigenousGroups	Tojolabal ⓘ Tzeltal Maya ⓘ Mayan languages ⓘ surface form: Tzotzil Maya Zoque ⓘ
knownFor	high biodiversity ⓘ rich Mayan archaeological heritage ⓘ strong indigenous cultures ⓘ
largestCity	Tuxtla Gutiérrez ⓘ
locatedIn	southern Mexico ⓘ
majorRiver	Grijalva River ⓘ Usumacinta River ⓘ
officialLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
officialName	Chiapas ⓘ surface form: Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas
recognizedIndigenousLanguages	Chʼol ⓘ surface form: Chol Tojolabal ⓘ Tzeltal Maya ⓘ surface form: Tzeltal Tzotzil people ⓘ surface form: Tzotzil Zoque ⓘ
shortName	Chiapas ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Central Standard Time
utcOffset	−06:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Mexican Constitution of 1824 → createdState → State of Chiapas ⓘ

State of Oaxaca → borderedBy → State of Chiapas ⓘ

Sierra Madre de Chiapas → countrySubdivision → State of Chiapas ⓘ

Bonampak → state → State of Chiapas ⓘ

San Cristóbal de las Casas → locatedInAdministrativeEntity → State of Chiapas ⓘ

Zoque → governedWithin → State of Chiapas ⓘ

this entity surface form: state of Chiapas

Lacandon Jungle → locatedIn → State of Chiapas ⓘ

this entity surface form: state of Chiapas

Cloud People → associatedModernState → State of Chiapas ⓘ

southeastern Mexico → includes → State of Chiapas ⓘ

subject surface form: Southeastern Mexico

this entity surface form: state of Chiapas

Oaxaca state → bordersWith → State of Chiapas ⓘ

subject surface form: Oaxaca (state)

this entity surface form: Chiapas (state)