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4 unusual facts about San Cristobal de las Casas


Caroline Gordon

She continued to write until crippled by a March 1, 1981, stroke in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, where she lived in her later years.

Chiapas Media Project

Native and non-native instructors from outside of Chiapas provide advanced production, post-production and computer training in the CMP Media Center in San Cristobal de las Casas.

Sergio Castro

Sergio Arturo Castro Martínez (born March 12, 1941) is a Mexican humanitarian who resides in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.

Women in the EZLN

The EZLN made its first appearance on the national and international scene with the seizing of San Cristóbal de las Casas as well as six other towns in Chiapas on January 1, 1994, which coincided with Mexico entering into the North American Free Trade Agreement.


Andrés de la Tovilla

He, along with Diego de Mazariegos, founded the City of “Villareal de Chiapa de los Españoles”, now San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, in 1528 as a regional base for the conquest of Guatemala.


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