2. State
State capital Tuxtla
Gutierrez
Major cities: Tuxtla
Gutierrez, San Cristobal
de Las Casas, Tapachula,
Palenque, Chiapa de
Corzo and Comitan
Total area: 74.415 km2.
Chiapas is the eighth
largest state in Mexico.
The state of Chiapas
represents 3.8% of the
land area.
Towns: Complies of 118
municipalities, which are
themselves divided into
nine regions: Center,
Altos, Border, Frailesca,
North, Selva, Sierra,
3. Weather
The average annual temperature is 25.4 °
C. The warm season lasts from mid-
February until September. The warmest
time of the year is from April to the second
week of May where temperatures reach
around 40 ° C. The cool season lasts from
the second week of November to mid-
February. The coldest period of the year is
December when the temperature can
reach down to 8 º C.
6. Bonapak
El nombre de
Bonampak significa
en lengua maya
"Muros pintados" y
sin duda alguna, el
gran atractivo de
esta zona
arqueológica son
las pinturas que se
encuentran en el
llamado Templo de
los murales.
7. Yaxchilán
Yaxchilán, que significa "piedras verdes" en
maya, es conocido por su gran número de
estructuras arquitectónicas e inscripciones.
Existen textos por cualquier sitio: en estelas,
en altares, en los remates de las puertas y en
los dinteles.
8. Chinkultic Chinkultic means
"staggered wells " in
Mayan. And is that his
name refers to its
strategic location
between three natural
reservoirs. It was first
occupied between 50
BC and 300 AD,
although its peak
construction began in
600 AD and was
occupied until about
1250 AD