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Chiapas is the southernmost state of Mexico, locate towards the southeast of the country. Chiapas is bordered by the states of Tabasco to the north, Veracruz to the northwest, and Oaxaca to the west. To the east Chiapas borders Guatemala, and to the south the Pacific Ocean. Chiapas has an area of 74,211 km² (28,653 sq mi). The 2005 census population was 4,293,459 people.

Trivia about chiapas

  • Bordering Guatemala, this troubled state is Mexico's southernmost
  • In February 1996 Mexico's government signed an accord to resolve the conflict in this state
  • The ancient Mayan cities of Palenque & Bonampak are in this southern Mexican state
  • It's Zapatista time! We formed our peasants' rebel group of that name in this southernmost Mexican state
  • The wetlands of this Mexican state, also the home of the Zapatistas

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