Chiapas

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federal state of Mexico

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas 1

Statements (53)

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

Oaxaca NERFINISHED ⓘ
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

Referenced by (11)

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

Veracruz → borders → Chiapas ⓘ
Oaxaca → bordersState → Chiapas ⓘ
southern Mexico → hasSubregion → Chiapas ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Mexico
eastern Mexico → includesState → Chiapas ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Mexico
Palenque → locatedIn → Chiapas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas
Ataulfo mango → originRegion → Chiapas ⓘ
State of Chiapas → shortName → Chiapas ⓘ