Chiapas

The State of Chiapas is located in the southern region of the country

The State of Chiapas is located in the southern region of the country.

It is divided into 118 municipalities; 19,453 villages. It has a population of 3,920,892 (1,941,880 male and 1,979,012 female).

The capital city is Tuxtla Gutiérrez and it lies at 520 meters (1,705 feet) above sea level.

GEOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

GEOGRAPHIC POSITION	Limit Coordinates: North – Lat 17°59' N, south – Lat 14°32’ N; east – Long 90°22' W; west – Long 94°14' W.
land size as a percentage	3.8 % of the country’s area.
BORDERING STATES	The State of Chiapas borders Tabasco to the north; to the Republic of Guatemala to the east; to the Republic of Guatemala and the Pacific Ocean to the South; to the Pacific Ocean and the States of Oaxaca and Veracruz to the west.
coastline extent	520 km (323 miles)
MAIN ELEVATIONS	Volcán Tacaná 4,080 (13,377 feet) Cerro Mozotal 3,050 (10,000 feet) Cerro Tzontehuitz 2,910 (9,540 feet) Cerro Chamuleto 2,630 (8,623 feet)
HYDROLOGICAL REGIONS	Chiapas Coastline Coatzacoalcos Grijalva-Usumacinta
AGRICULTURE AND VEGETATION	Agricultural 15.80% Grazing Lands 16.93% Forest 29.08% Jungle 34.56% Mangrove Swamp 1.75% Popal 0.45% Other 1.43%
MAIN TYPES OF CLIMATES		Hot and humid, with rainfalls all through the year (14.32%) Hot and humid with abundant rainfalls in the summer (24.82%) Hot sub-humid with rainfalls in the summer (34.97%) Warm humid, with rainfalls all through the year (1.81%) Warm humid with abundant rainfalls in the summer (12.68%) Warm sub-humid with rainfalls in the summer (5.09%) Temperate humid with rainfalls all through the year (0.15%) Temperate humid with abundant rainfalls in the summer (3.24%) Temperate sub-humid with rainfalls in the summer (2.92%)

ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS

ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE POPULATION

Total 1,658,612

MALE 1,101,793

FEMALE 556,819

EMPLOYED POPULATION BY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION BY GENDER, 2000

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY	Total	MALE	FEMALE
Total	1,635,774	1,088,742	547,032
Agricultural Activities	43.3	55.2	19.8
Mining, manufacturing and electricity	9.8	5.4	18.5
Construction	4.9	7.3	0.2
Commerce	15.6	11.9	23.0
Communication & Transportation	2.9	4.0	0.7
Services	20.4	13.1	34.9
Public Administration and Defense	3.0	3.0	3.0
Not specified	0.1	0.1	-

a/ Includes workers in the USA whose kind of employment is unknown.

TOTAL GDP 1993-1999.

YEAR	THOUSANDS OF PESOS AT 1993 PRICES	% OF GNP	NATIONAL RANKING
1993	20,644,398	1.8	16°
1994	21,480,509	1.8	17°
1995	21,423,329	1.9	15°
1996	21,641,397	1.8	16°
1997	22,643,158	1.8	15°
1998	23,760,861	1.8	15°
1999P/	24,005,987	1.7	15°

P/ Preliminary

SECTOR STRUCTURE OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN 1998

The State of Chiapas had 120,130 operating economic units in 1998. Among these, commercial establishments stood out in number, with 60,598 units, most of them were commercial retail operations. There were 31,258 units (26%) engaged in providing private services, predominantly restaurants, small food businesses, home-style food to go establishments, beauty salons, auto repair shops and breweries.

The manufacturing industry accounted for 13,467 economic units in the state. Among these, there were: coffee processing plants and petrochemical complexes; also, tortilla makers, blacksmiths and printing shops were scattered in neighborhoods and villages.