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Suchiate Municipality

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Also known as Suchiate

Suchiate is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, on the border with Guatemala. It is in the Soconusco region, and is the southernmost municipality both in Chiapas and in all of Mexico. On the eastern edge of the municipality, flowing from north to south, is the Río Suchiate, which forms the international border. Two communities within the municipality are border crossings with Guatemala, Ciudad Hidalgo and Talismán. Ciudad Hidalgo is the municipal seat and has a customs house at the border. Suchiate reported a 2010 census population of 35,056 persons. It has a land area of .

Key facts

Settlement.name
Suchiate
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.imagesize
300px
Settlement.image_map
Suchiate en Chiapas.svg
Settlement.map_caption
The location of Suchiate in Chiapas
Settlement.pushpin_map
Mexico
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
above
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Mexico
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Chiapas
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Municipal seat
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Ciudad Hidalgo
Settlement.established_title2
Municipality created
Settlement.established_date2
4 July 1925
Settlement.area_total_km2
606.1
Settlement.population_as_of
2010

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Suchiate is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, on the border with Guatemala. It is in the Soconusco region, and is the southernmost municipality both in Chiapas and in all of Mexico. On the eastern edge of the municipality, flowing from north to south, is the Río Suchiate, which forms the international border. Two communities within the municipality are border crossings with Guatemala, Ciudad Hidalgo and Talismán. Ciudad Hidalgo is the municipal seat and has a customs house at the border. Suchiate reported a 2010 census population of 35,056 persons. It has a land area of .

==Demographics== As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 35,056.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Suchiate Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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