Suchiate

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title: "Suchiate" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-chiapas", "guatemala–mexico-border-crossings"] topic_path: "geography/mexico" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suchiate" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Suchiate
settlement_type	Municipality
native_name
imagesize	300px
image_map	Suchiate en Chiapas.svg
map_caption	The location of Suchiate in Chiapas
dot_x
pushpin_map	Mexico
pushpin_label_position	above
pushpin_mapsize	300
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Mexico
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Mexico
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Chiapas
subdivision_type2	Municipal seat
subdivision_name2	Ciudad Hidalgo
leader_title1
established_title
established_title2	Municipality created
established_date2	4 July 1925
established_title3
area_total_km2	606.1
population_as_of	2010
population_total	35056
population_density_km2	auto
population_blank1_title	Ethnicities
population_blank2_title	Religions
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	20
postal_code_type
website	www.suchiate.chiapas.gob.mx
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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 606.1 km².

Demographics

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

The municipality had 180 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Ciudad Hidalgo (14,606), La Libertad (4,500), classified as urban, and Ignacio López Rayón (1,573), classified as rural.

References

• 2010 census tables: INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
• Suchiate Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México, INAFED. Accessed 2008-11-02.

References

2. "Suchiate". [[Secretaría de Desarrollo Social]] (SEDESOL).

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