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San Cristóbal de Las Casas
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San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico Central Plaza in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas state, Mexico.

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San Cristóbal de Las Casas, city, central Chiapas estado (state), southeastern Mexico. It is situated on the central plateau of the Chiapas Highlands, at an elevation of 6,900 feet (2,100 metres). San Cristóbal is a major cultural and political centre for the Maya and other Indigenous peoples of the region. Founded about 1528 as Villa Real, the settlement was renamed on various occasions before acquiring its present name (1848), which honours Bartolomé de Las Casas, the first bishop of Chiapas. Many colonial buildings remain in the city, the most notable of which is the Santo Domingo church, built in the ...(100 of 235 words)

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