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Chiapa de Corzo

Chiapa de Corzo · Mexico
Chiapa de Corzo, Mexico
Photo: José de Jesús Pascacio Castillejos CC BY 3.0 source

Sitting on the bank of the Grijalva River in the Chiapas highlands, Chiapa de Corzo is a walkable Mexican town with a centre full of cafés and restaurants. Founded in 1528 as the first Spanish city in what is now Chiapas, it also holds one of Mexico's most significant archaeological sites — where researchers have found the earliest known inscribed date, the earliest form of Mesoamerican hieroglyphic writing, and the earliest Mesoamerican tomb burial.

  • Population45,077
  • Nearest water from center0.7 km
  • Nearest mountain from center4.4 km

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