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.

All labels observed (3)

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

How this entity was disambiguated

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

Maya peoples mainRegion Chiapas
Zoque primaryRegion Chiapas
Tzotzil people ethnicGroupOf Chiapas
Tuxtla Gutiérrez locatedIn Chiapas
Tuxtla Gutiérrez capitalOf Chiapas
Tzeltal Maya ethnicGroupOf Chiapas
Tzeltal people primaryRegion Chiapas
Antonio del Río placeOfWork Chiapas
Zoque people primaryRegion Chiapas
Zoque people indigenousTo Chiapas
Toniná locatedIn Chiapas
Toniná state Chiapas
Tapachula locatedIn Chiapas
Chicomuceltec spokenIn Chiapas
Chol people indigenousTo Chiapas
Chiapas Highlands locatedIn Chiapas
Jaguares de Chiapas basedIn Chiapas
Tzotzil spokenIn Chiapas
Chol Maya primaryRegion Chiapas
Agua Azul locatedIn Chiapas
Misol-Ha locatedIn Chiapas
Soconusco locatedIn Chiapas
Mam language region Chiapas
B. Traven placeOfResidence Chiapas
Qyol Mam (in some communities) hasSpeakersIn Chiapas
subject surface form: Qyol Mam
this entity surface form: Chiapas, Mexico
Volcán Tacaná region Chiapas