92°43′35.01″W / 15.3155944°N 92.7263917°W / 15.3155944; -92.7263917 Soconusco is a region in the southwest corner of the state of Chiapas in Mexico along...

city of Tapachula is the capital of the Soconusco region of Chiapas, commonly called the “pearl of the Soconusco”. The name “Tapachula” comes from Nahuatl...

Mokaya were pre-Olmec cultures of the Soconusco region in Mexico and parts of the Pacific coast of western Guatemala, an archaeological culture that developed...

groups would persist for long after the era. Recent excavations in the Soconusco region of the state indicate that the oldest civilization to appear in what...

eight departments in the west of present-day Guatemala as well as the Soconusco region in the Mexican state of Chiapas. The state originated from the political...

population of the soconusco region of Chiapas, where the German population has intermixed with the Maya who make up the majority of the region's population....

Quetzaltenango. The Mam people in Mexico (23,632) live principally in the Soconusco region of Chiapas. In pre-Columbian times the Mam were part of the Maya civilization;...

territories. His campaigns reached as far south as Tapachula in the Soconusco region and the Chontal Maya states of Xicallanco in Tabasco. Only the Aztec...

language, themselves recently arrived after migrating northward from the Soconusco region of the Pacific coast and across the isthmus of Tehuantepec. There is...

around 2600 BC. Settlements were established around 1800 BC in the Soconusco region of the Pacific coast, and the Maya were already cultivating the staple...

hereditary elite class. At Paso de la Amada, a Mokaya site in the Soconusco region of southern Chiapas, iron ore mirrors were excavated that have been...

carved stelae found in the ancient Mesoamerican site of Izapa, in the Soconusco region of Chiapas, Mexico along the present-day Guatemalan border. These stelae...

the legend. In 1522 Hernán Cortés sent Mexican allies to scout the Soconusco region of lowland Chiapas, where they met delegations from Iximche and Q'umarkaj...

port in Puerto de San Benito in the Tapachula municipality of the Soconusco region in the southern portion of the Mexican state of Chiapas. The port entrance...

may be mutually intelligible with Western Mam dialects. Soconusco Mam in the Soconusco region, Chiapas, Mexico In addition to these, the dialects of Chiapas...

state of Chiapas on the Gulf of Tehuantepec, in the Mazatán part of Soconusco region of Mesoamerica. It is located in farmland between the modern town of...

around 2600 BC. Settlements were established around 1800 BC in the Soconusco region of the Pacific coast, and they were already cultivating the staple...

development of social stratification for the Soconusco region. Rosenswig's current project in the Soconusco region is the Izapa Regional Settlement Project...

Lacandon Forest, this region is largely mountainous with lowland tropical plains at its easternmost extreme. The littoral zone of Soconusco lies to the south...

Mexico–Guatemala border. It serves the Metropolitan Area of Tapachula and the Soconusco region, facilitating multiple domestic destinations, flight training, and...

German colonies in the Soconusco region. The colony prospered and to this day maintains their Japanese identity in the region. A Torii has been erected...

represented by its use of the marimba, which has its origins in the Soconusco region between Mexico and Guatemala. The north-central states have recently...

The area around Izapa was a major cacao producing area known as the Soconusco region, which was used by the Aztecs. Izapa was a large site that included...

Tzeltal rebellion Chiapas, Mexico A number of Maya communities in the Soconusco region of Chiapas rose in rebellion. +1000 1713 March 20–23 Fort Neoheroka...

more widespread, reaching into the Guatemalan Pacific coast (i.e. the Soconusco region). Terrence Kaufman and Lyle Campbell have argued, based on a number...

Tzeltal Rebellion 1712 1713 In 1712, a number of Maya communities in the Soconusco region of Chiapas rose in rebellion. It was a multiethnic revolt, with 32...

General de Protección de la Denominación de Origen Mango Ataulfo del Soconusco Chiapas". Diario Oficial de la Federación (in Spanish). 2003-08-27. Retrieved...

In 1712, a number of Maya communities in the Soconusco region of Chiapas rose in rebellion, in what is known as the Tzeltal Rebellion or Tzendal Rebellion...

Depression of Chiapas, it controlled the local trade routes to the Soconusco region, and other centers in the area such as Mirador (not to be confused...

located in the Soconusco region of coastal Chiapas state, Mexico. The Chantuto were the ancient people who belonged to the coastal region of Southwestern...