Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas
| Chiapa de Corzo | |
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La Pila Fountain in the main square
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 Chiapa de Corzo
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| Coordinates: 16°42′25″N 93°00′50″W / 16.70694°N 93.01389°WCoordinates: 16°42′25″N 93°00′50″W / 16.70694°N 93.01389°W | |
| Country |
 Mexico
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| State | Chiapas |
| Founded | 1528 |
| Municipal Status | 1915 |
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| Area | |
| • Municipality | 906.7 km2 (350.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation (of seat) | 420 m (1,380 ft) |
| Population (2010) Municipality | |
| • Municipality | 87,603 |
| • Seat | 45,077 |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| Postal code (of seat) | 29160 |
| Area code(s) | 961 |
| Climate | Aw |
| Website |
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Chiapa de Corzo (Spanish 
) is a small city and municipality situated in the west-central part of the Mexican state of Chiapas. Located in the Grijalva River valley of the Chiapas highlands, Chiapa de Corzo lies some 15 km (9.3 mi) to the east of the state capital, Tuxtla Gutiérrez. Chiapa has been occupied since at least 1400 BCE, with a major archeological site which reached it height between 700 BCE and 200 CE. It is important because the earliest inscribed date, the earliest form of hieroglyphic writing and the earliest Mesoamerican tomb burial have all been found here. Chiapa is also the site of the first Spanish city founded in Chiapas in 1528. However, because of the climate, most Spanish would move into the mountains to found what is now known as San Cristóbal de las Casas. Chiapa would be left to the indigenous and to the Dominican friars and called Chiapa de los Indios (with San Cristobal known as Chiapa de los Españoles). The current name was created to honor Liberal politician Angel Albino Corzo.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 87,603.
As of 2010, the city of Chiapa de Corzo had a population of 45,077. Other than the city of Chiapa de Corzo, the municipality had 404 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Jardínes del Grijalva (2,881), classified as urban, and Julián Grajales (2,394), Salvador Urbina (1,653), Las Flechas (1,579), Galecio Narcía (1,553), El Palmar (San Gabriel) (1,477), Juan del Grijalva (1,428), Ignacio Allende (1,396), Venustiano Carranza (1,301), Narciso Mendoza (1,193), Nicolás Bravo (1,184), América Libre (1,073), and Nuevo Carmen Tonapac (1,010), classified as rural.
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