Chiapas

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Chi·a·pas

 (chē-ä′pəs)
A state of extreme southeast Mexico adjoining the Guatemalan border. Largely rural and underdeveloped, in the 1990s Chiapas became the site of a popular uprising against Mexico's federal government.
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Chiapas

(Spanish ˈtʃjapas)
n
(Placename) 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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Chi•a•pas

(tʃiˈɑ pɑs)

n.
a state in S Mexico. 3,584,786; 28,732 sq. mi. (74,415 sq. km). Cap.: Tuxtla Gutiérrez.
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GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF SCINCELLA INCERTA (SQUAMATA: SCINCIDAE) IN THE STATE OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO
DISTRIBUCION GEOGRAFICA DE SCINCELLA INCERTA (SQUAMATA: SCINCIDAE) EN EL ESTADO DE CHIAPAS, MEXICO
MEXICO CITY * Clergy in southern Chiapas reiterated warnings of an escalating humanitarian crisis as a land dispute has driven some 5,000 indigenous Tzotzil Maya people from their communities and into the mountains to survive in cold and squalid conditions.
Clergy denounce violence
The magnitude-7.1 earthquake hit at 11:23 GMT just off the coast of the Mexican state of Chiapas, near the Guatemala border, at a depth of about 75 kilometers, the U.S.
Strong Earthquake Hits Mexico, Guatemala
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