Chiapas

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Chiapas is a southern Mexican state known for its rich indigenous cultures, Mayan archaeological sites like Palenque, and diverse natural landscapes including jungles and highlands.

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Label Occurrences
Chiapas canonical 94
Chiapas, Mexico 1
Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federal state of Mexico
bordersBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
bordersCountry Guatemala
bordersMexicanState Campeche state
surface form: Campeche

Oaxaca
Tabasco
Veracruz
capital Tuxtla Gutiérrez
containsArchaeologicalSite Bonampak
Palenque
Toniná
Yaxchilán
containsCity Comitán de Domínguez
Palenque
San Cristóbal de las Casas
Tapachula
containsEthnicGroup Chol Maya
Lacandon
surface form: Lacandon Maya

Tzeltal Maya
Tzotzil
surface form: Tzotzil Maya

Zoque people
containsIndigenousLanguage Chʼol
surface form: Chol

Tojolabal
Tzeltal Maya
surface form: Tzeltal

Tzotzil
Zoque
containsMountainRange Sierra Madre de Chiapas
containsProtectedArea El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve
Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve
Sumidero Canyon National Park
containsRegion Chiapas Highlands
surface form: Central Highlands of Chiapas

Lacandon Jungle
Soconusco
containsRiver Grijalva River
Usumacinta River
containsWaterfall Agua Azul
Misol-Ha
country Mexico
currency Mexican peso
hasMajorEconomicActivity agriculture
coffee production
tourism
hasPoliticalMovement Zapatista Army of National Liberation
joinedMexicoAsState 1824
knownFor Mayan archaeological sites
mountainous highlands
rich indigenous cultures
tropical rainforests
largestCity Tuxtla Gutiérrez
locatedIn southern Mexico
officialLanguage Spanish
partOf Mesoamerica
timezone Central Time Zone
surface form: Central Standard Time

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Veracruz borders Chiapas
Ataulfo mango originRegion Chiapas
Palenque locatedIn Chiapas
Oaxaca bordersState Chiapas
eastern Mexico includesState Chiapas
subject surface form: Eastern Mexico
State of Chiapas officialName Chiapas
this entity surface form: Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas
State of Chiapas shortName Chiapas
southern Mexico hasSubregion Chiapas
subject surface form: Southern Mexico
Tabasco borders Chiapas
Grijalva River flowsThrough Chiapas
Tzeltalan branch spokenIn Chiapas
Tzeltalan branch hasRegion Chiapas
Tektitek region Chiapas
Chʼol spokenInState Chiapas
Tojolabal spokenInRegion Chiapas
Lacandon spokenIn Chiapas
Lacandon region Chiapas
Mochoʼ spokenIn Chiapas
Temple of the Sun locatedIn Chiapas
subject surface form: Temple of the Sun (Palenque)
Temple of the Sun state Chiapas
subject surface form: Temple of the Sun (Palenque)
Group of the Cross locatedIn Chiapas
Temple of the Skull state Chiapas
Maya occupiedRegion Chiapas
subject surface form: Maya civilization
Yaxchilán locatedIn Chiapas
Yaxchilán hasState Chiapas
Bonampak locatedIn Chiapas