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| Full name | Chiapas | | Native name | Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas | | Settlement type | State | | Anthem | Himno a Chiapas | | Country | Mexico | | Capital | Tuxtla Gutiérrez | | Largest City | Tuxtla Gutiérrez | | Municipalities | 118 | | Admission | September 14, 1824 | | Order | 19th | | Governor | Juan Sabines | | Senators | Manuel Velasco
María Elena Orantes
Rubén Velázquez | | Deputies | Federal Deputies
• Roberto Albores
• Sami David
• Sergio Lobato
• Julián Nazar
• Hernán Orantes
• César Augusto Santiago
• Lucrecia Camacho
• Ovidio Cortazar Ramos
• Roberto Gil Zuarth
• Gloria Luna Ruíz
• José Manuel Marroquín
• Carlos Martínez
• Vladimir Ramos
• Olga Espinosa
• Ariel Gómez León
• Sergio Gutiérrez
• Luis Hernández Cruz
• Juan Carlos López
• Federico Ovalle
• Magdalena Torres
• Francisco Espinosa
| | Total Area | 28289.6 sq mi (73289 km2) | | Highest Elevation | 13385.8 ft (4080 m) | | Total Population | 4553358 (7th) (2010) | | Density (pop.) | auto/km2 (15th) (0/sq mi) | | Demonym | Chiapaneco (a) | | Time zone | CST, (UTC-6) (UTC) | | - Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) | | Postal code | 29 - 30 | | Area code | Area codes
• 916
• 917
• 918
• 919
• 932
• 934
• 961
• 962
• 963
• 964
• 965
• 966
• 967
• 968
• 992
• 994
| | ISO 3166 code | MX-CHP | | HDI | (+) 0.739 Medium Ranked 32nd | | GDP | US$ 11,957,977.89 mil |
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Chiapas (-esˈtʃjapas) officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas ( ) is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is the southernmost State of Mexico, located in the Southwestern Mexico. 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 about 73289 km2 (28297 sqmi). The 2005 Mexican census population was 4,293,459 people.
In general Chiapas has a humid, tropical climate. In the north, in the area bordering Tabasco, near Teapa, rainfall can average more than 3000 mm (118.1 in) per year. In the past, natural vegetation at this region was lowland, tall perennial rainforest, but this vegetation has been destroyed almost completely to give way to agriculture and ranching. Rainfall decreases moving towards the Pacific Ocean, but it is still abundant enough to allow the farming of bananas and many other tropical crops near Tapachula. On the several parallel "sierras" or mountain ranges running along the center of Chiapas, climate can be quite temperate and foggy, allowing the development of cloud forests like those of the Reserva de la Biosfera el Triunfo, home to a handful of Resplendent Quetzals and Horned Guans.
The state capital city is Tuxtla Gutiérrez; other cities and towns in Chiapas include San Cristóbal de las Casas, Comitán, and Tapachula. Chiapas is home to the ancient Mayan ruins of Palenque, Yaxchilán, Bonampak, Chinkultic.
In 1994, violence erupted between the Mexican Government and the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN). There are currently 32 Rebel Autonomous Zapatista Municipalities (MAREZ) affiliated with the EZLN in Chiapas.
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