Chiapas

[ chee-ah-pahs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Chiapas

/ ˈtʃjapas /

a state of S Mexico: mountainous and forested; Maya ruins in the northeast; rich mineral resources. Capital: Tuxtla Gutiérrez. Pop: 3 920 515 (2000). Area: 73 887 sq km (28 816 sq miles)

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The crash happened in the state of Chiapas, not far from Mexico’s border with Guatemala.

Good Ol’ TVWhen the pandemic hit Chiapas, things soon got worse for its kids.

From Ozy

The findings are intriguing, says Hugo Perales, an agroecologist at the Colegio de la Frontera Sur in Chiapas, Mexico, but he urges for caution.

Among them is Maria Jimenez, 27, who grew up in an Indigenous Tzotzil family in nearby Chiapas state, among Mexico’s poorest.

From Time

His rle, so far as anything is known of it, was precisely the same as that of Votan in Chiapas.

In the humid forests of southern Veracruz, northern Oaxaca, and Chiapas members of both groups occur sympatrically.

As presently known, the range of this species in western México extends from Chiapas to Nayarit.

A somewhat similar system appears to have prevailed in Chiapas, where the people lived under a species of republican government.

Tzinacantan (Quiche Zotzilha) 'doit avoir t le berceau de la nation zotzil, l'une des nombreuses populations du Chiapas.'

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