For highway from Mexico City made the trip in an average of twelve hours. There is a road that begins in Chiapa de Corzo and communicates with San Cristobal de las Casas and reduces the travel between the latter and Tuxtla to 30 minutes..

International Airport Angel Albino Corzo is located 40 minutes from downtown Tuxtla Gutierrez.
From the airport to San Cristobal de las Casas minivans can be hired by USD 15 to make the journey directly..

State Capital: Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Major Cities: Tuxtla Gutiérrez, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Tapachula, Palenque, Comitán y Chiapa de Corzo

Land Area: 74,415 km2. Chiapas is the eighth largest state in Mexico. The state of Chiapas represents 3.8% of its land area.

Municipalities:Is made up of 118 municipalities, they are distributed in nine regions: Central, High, Border Frailesca, North, Selva, Sierra, Soconusco and Isthmus-Costa.

Ethnicity: In Chiapas, there are people Tseltal, Tsotsil, Ch´ol, Tojol-ab´al, Zoque, Chuj, Kanjobal, Mam, Jacalteco, Mochó, Cakchiquel and Lacandón or Maya Caribe; 12 of the 62 officially recognized indigenous peoples in Mexico. The Constitution recognizes only local 9