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  AVIACSA : Tapachula, Chis. : TOURIST INFORMATION
Tapachula is known as the 'Pearl of the Soconusco' and its name means 'flooded land' (from the Nahuatl words Tlopacholi: flooded and Atl: water).
Average temperature is 26°C. The climate is slightly different depending on the location: warm in the northeast, warm and humid in the north and center, and very hot and humid in the south, next to the Pacific Ocean.
Tapachula is traditionally a coffee planting zone and it offers its visitors a unique combination of landscapes where coffee cultivation, as well as its elaboration process, and the plantations that produce it, can be experienced.
www.aviacsa.com /english/tickets/destinations/TAPACHULA/TAP_tourist_information.cfm   (563 words)

  
  Tapachula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tapachula is a city in the Mexican state of Chiapas.
The International Fair of Tapachula is celebrated during March with cattle agricultural and commercial exhibition.
Tapachula is a megacity that includes several suburbs incluiding beaches like Playa Linda,Puerto Madero, Viva Mexico a downtown Tapachula and even a Cruise Harbor named Puerto Chiapas (2005).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tapachula   (424 words)

  
 Tapachula - Copenhagen Airports
Tapachula Airport is located 18 km from the city of Tapachula, which has almost 300,000 inhabitants.
Tapachula Airport is located in the state of Chiapas, which has a population of 4.4 million, a quarter of a million of whom live in the capital city, Tuxla Gutiérrez.
Most passengers to Tapachula are businesspeople travelling to the area due to the activities in Chiapas in the coffee and fruit production and in agriculture (cattle production) sectors.
www.cph.dk /CPH/UK/ABOUT+CPH/International/Mexico/ASUR/Tapachula.htm   (124 words)

  
 Tapachula Chiapas Mexico
TAPACHULA (tah-pah-CHOO-lah): The náhuatl word, (TLAPACHOLI) means "flooded House." Located in the SE corner of Mexico in the state of Chiapas at the base of the Guatemalan Highlands, near the border of Guatemala and the Pacific Ocean.
In fact, Tapachula is considered to be an important city in the national economy of Mexico.
Tapachula exhibits the typical style of Spanish built cities with a Central Park surrounded by the Municipal Palace.
www.delange.org /Tapachula2/Tapachula2.htm   (293 words)

  
 Travelodge Loma Real Hotel Tapachula Chiapas Mexico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
It is located to the South West from Tapachula city 60 miles from Guatemala.
This is an ideal base from which to visit the city of Tapachula and the ruins of Izapa.
We were at Travelodge Tapachula Loma Real on January 28 and 29 of 2004.
www.delange.org /Tapachula/Tapachula.htm   (248 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: Mexico Battles Influx of Violent Gangs
TAPACHULA, Mexico -- On a Monday morning last November, police in this southern Mexican city received a tip that violent youth gangs, known as maras, were planning to invade a local junior high school to avenge the arrests of 20 of their members in a brawl at a school parade.
The panic that paralyzed Tapachula illustrates how swiftly and deeply the maras -- which originated in the Central American immigrant communities of California and then migrated to Central America as their members were deported -- have moved into Mexico.
Tapachula sits on the main railroad line that connects Central America with Mexico and, 1,500 miles to the north, the United States.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A24888-2005Jan20?language=printer   (1282 words)

  
 Narco News Chiapas Series: Part II
"Tapachula has principally been the territory of the Lord of the Skies," he says in a reference to Amado Carrillo Fuentes, the pronounced-dead (but like other mythical figures, rumored-to-be-alive) boss of a gigantic organized crime group that authorities and the media have labeled The Juárez Cartel.
And some have accused the state government of choosing sides to favor the handing of Tapachula over to the Tijuana organization of the Arrellano-Félix brothers.
Yet in spite of this extreme military and police presence, mountains of cocaine are moved into Tapachula and begin their northbound journey.
www.narconews.com /chiapaspart2.html   (1157 words)

  
 Mexico flood victims plead for aid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
TAPACHULA, Mexico -- Victims of widespread flooding in southern Mexico appealed for food and drinking water Thursday, desperate for the arrival of aid flights that were blocked by stormy weather.
Among the hardest-hit towns was Pijijiapan, 50 miles north of Tapachula, where at least 18 people died, including a police officer who drowned during a rescue mission.
Rain continued to fall Thursday in Tapachula, a city of 250,000 people 10 miles from the Guatemala border, which had received 22.5 inches of rain since Monday.
www.chron.com /content/chronicle/world/98/09/11/mex-flooding.2-0.html   (475 words)

  
 Chiapas Mexico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Tapachula city is an important commercial and agricultural center located in the State of Chiapas, Mexico.
The Tapachula local artisans make a variety of handicrafts (wickerwork and ironworks).
The Fair of Tapachula is celebrated during February or March with cattle agricultural and commercial exhibition.
www.submarcos.org /tapachula.html   (52 words)

  
 Hundreds live off Mexico's trash
For hundreds of Guatemalan immigrants, the municipal dump west of Tapachula is the end of the road, the squalid bottom of a chain of immigration that stretches all the way to the United States.
Others end up in Tapachula, five miles inside the border in Chiapas state, collecting metal, glass, paper and cardboard to sell to junk dealers for $15 or less a week.
Life at the dump revolves around the trash-collection schedules in Tapachula, a town of 272,000, and the arrival of the garbage trucks around noon.
www.azcentral.com /specials/special03/articles/1202Dump02.html   (908 words)

  
 Cover story: Migrants: the word of God that walks
Along the tracks in Tapachula, the solidarity the song describes was incarnated by neighboring Mexican families who shared conversation, coffee and tortillas with the waiting migrants.
As the massive train picked up speed, they ran to grab hold, swinging their bodies up onto the ladders at the ends of the boxcars, waving goodbye to their new Mexican friends, excited to be moving toward their dream.
Yet 20 minutes north of Tapachula, the train was stopped and surrounded by immigration officials and police.
www.natcath.com /NCR_Online/archives/040502/040502a.htm   (1933 words)

  
 Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Tapachula municipality, whose capital is Tapachula de Córdova y Ordoñez that is not a coastal city, has under its jurisdiction, in the Pacific Ocean, the most important Chiapas port: Puerto Madero, formerly called San Benito Soconusco.
In 1813, Spanish Government allowed in 1813 San Benito and Tonalá (La Puerta - Puerto Arista) trading with other New Spain's, Guatemala's and Peru's ports, although the commercial activity reached from Oaxaca, California to Asia exporting most of the "cacao" produced over the region.
Tapachula was part of the Departamento del Pacífico.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/mx-tap.html   (273 words)

  
 Cities of Chiapas Mexico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Half an hour from Tapachula is Chiapas´; largest port servicing points south.
Tapachula is only a few kilometers from the border of Guatemala and 20 kms from the coast and port town of Puerto Madero as well as a number of beaches that have received good surfing reports (see Surfing in Chiapas).
Inland along the border are the Izapa archaeological ruins (see Chiapas Archaeological Sites) and the small villages of Santo Domingo and Unión Juarez, from whence splendid views of the Tacaná Volcano are to be had (see Chiapas Nature Reserves).
www.surf-mexico.com /states/Chiapas/otherCities.php   (876 words)

  
 Mexico: Gov't seeks bus company bids to deport illegals
Of the 235 routes, at least 107 have Tapachula as their final destination, the location used to deport Central Americans back to their country of origin.
Between 2,500 and 3,500 trips, 30 percent, are anticipated along the route of departure and return between Tapachula and the migratory station of El Manguito, municipality of Tonalá, only five kilometers from the border with Guatemala.
The most extreme case is that of the route that goes from Tijuana to Tapachula, passing for Mazatlán and the DF.
www.americanpatrol.com /MEXICO-01/DeportBidSoughtMX_020422.html   (556 words)

  
 Tapachula, Mexico Hotels and Resorts Vacations
Tapachula city is an important commercial and agricultural center located in
The Tapachula local artisans make a variety of handicrafts (wickerwork and ironworks).
The Fair of Tapachula is celebrated during February or March with cattle agricultural and commercial exhibition.
www.gotomexico.net /tapachula.htm   (110 words)

  
 Tapachula Hotels: Compare Tapachula, Mexico Hotel Rates and Reviews - SideStep
The Travelodge in Tapachula is located Southwest of the citys center, and is approximately 11 miles from Tapachula International...
The Comfort Inn Tapachula is located in a strategic area near downtown, the border of Guatemala, and the airport.
We are located to the South West from Tapachula city 60 miles from Guatemala County.
www.sidestep.com /hotels-rooms-l3040085-tapachula_hotels_mexico   (267 words)

  
 GYTS - 2003 Factsheet - Mexico - Tapachula   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Mexico – Tapachula GYTS includes data on prevalence of cigarette and other tobacco use as well as information on five determinants of tobacco use: access/availability and price, environmental tobacco smoke exposure (ETS), cessation, media and advertising, and school curriculum.
The Mexico – Tapachula GYTS was a school-based survey of students in Primero en secundaria, Segundo de secundaria, and Tercero de secundaria conducted in 2003.
The school response rate was 96%, the student response rate was 91.6%, and the overall response rate was 88%.
www.cdc.gov /Tobacco/global/GYTS/factsheets/2003/Mexico_tapachula_factsheet.htm   (638 words)

  
 IGPP Broadband Seismic Data Collection Center | Special Events | Tapachula, South of Panama - May 05, 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Magnitude 6.5 quake near Tapachula, South of Panama
The Anza group at the University of California San Diego operates a broadband seismograph network consisting of 17 three component broadband seismograph stations centered near Anza, California (see map).
View the most recent map of local events near San Diego or a slightly wider regional view of events recorded by ANZA, or a map of events recoded by ANZA from around the globe.
eqinfo.ucsd.edu /special_events/2005/125/a/index.shtml   (304 words)

  
 How To Help Radiant Futures
The climate in Tapachula is hot and humid but in Rosario Ixtal we are much higher and while it is still hot, it is quite comfortable.
For your return flight there are 7:00 AM flights out of Tapachula which get you back into Mexico City in the morning.
This will cover the cost of the meals, transportation to and from Tapachula, Chiapas, MX (upon arrival and departure) and utilities during your stay at Los Alamos.
www.radiantfutures.org /help.html   (1796 words)

  
 Cheap flights to Tapachula, Mexico | Cheap Tapachula flights from Onlinetravel.com
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www.onlinetravel.com /cheap_flights/Mexico_Tapachula.asp   (307 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Leave Tapachula at 7:00 am, arrive at Guatemala at 12:00 noon.
Leave Tapachula at 7:00 am, arrive at Guatemala at 12:00 a.m.
Leave Tegucigalpa at 2:00 p.m., arrive at San Pedro Sula approximately at 5:00 p.m.
www.ticabus.com /ing_rutas_horarios_tapachula.html   (311 words)

  
 Forgotten in Tapachula | CASA
The week of January 9 this year, the center for human rights in Tapachula, Fray Matias de Cordoba AC, organized five, three-person brigades to visit Tapachula and its surrounding areas which were most drastically affected by hurricane Stan more than three months ago on October 4.
Unfortunately, the suspicion that hurricane aid has been insufficient was only been affirmed as a result of the brigades.
In the center of Mazatán it is hardly noticeable that 3 months ago it was a virtual ocean.
www.chiapaspeacehouse.org /node/187   (963 words)

  
 Laura_Mexico Tapachula Travel Page - VirtualTourist.com
I didn't visit Tapachula for touristic reasons, so there aren't a lot of tips I can give you about it....
Located just next to the border with Guatemala, Tapachula is located on the southernmost tip of the country and close to the coastline (and several kilometers away from the state capital, Tuxtla Gutierrez).
People from Tapachula used to visit this place because of the beach, but the port hosts now freight vessels and cruise ships as well and the government is trying to make it become a gateway to all the richness and attractions the entire state has to offer.
members.virtualtourist.com /m/1553f/e1cd4   (502 words)

  
 Tapachula Chiapas Hotels – 110% Best Rates Guaranteed
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www.kip.net /mexico/tapachula-chiapas   (116 words)

  
 Tapachula
Close to the Mexico-Guatemala border, Tapachula sits at the base of an extinct volcano called El Tacaná.
Some twelve miles south of Tapachula on the Pacific Ocean, Puerto Madero serves as the commercial port for crop transportation to domestic and foreign markets.
The Mayan ruins at Izapa are located in the highlands of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas.
www.sanbachs.net /cgi-bin/mexico/mexico2.cgi/City=TAP   (105 words)

  
 Re-mex Real Estate
Here in the city of Tapachula you will find all you need for your everyday comforts.
I want to see where Tapachula is in Mexico.
I want to see photos and a description of Tapachula.
www.pris.bc.ca /kgraham/re-mex   (103 words)

  
 Tapachula, Chiapas Copywriters - Copy Writer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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www.marketingtool.com /channel/copy/b.457.g.16474.html   (131 words)

  
 Tuxtla Gutierrez, San Cristobal de las Casas, Tapachula, San Juan Chamula, Villa Hermosa, Campeche, Mayan World cities, ...
In fact, Tapachula is considered to be a place of importance in the national economy of Mexico.
The city is exhibits the typical style of Spanish built cities with a Central Park surrounded by the Municipal Palace.
But, to many Guatemala is the Maya heartland of Central America and home to a large number of impressive ruins.
www.mayan-world.com /citymex.htm   (1288 words)

  
 Tapachula TAXI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Puerto Angel to Tapachula to Guatemala City to Panajachel
Tapachula seemed to be full of Mexican and Guatemalan businessmen and very few women, which gave it a strange atmosphere!
Bueno así como una breve introducción, recuerdo que en Junio o Julio, cuando muy nos conocimos, me fui a Tapachula (Chiapas) de vacaciones, le mentí diciéndole que me iba a Oaxaca a ver la casa de mi abuelita; obviamente el se dio...
www.infotaxi.org /city-108.htm   (157 words)

  
 Tapachula Mexico Hotels Motels B&Bs | Tapachula Hotel Guide
Tapachula hotel rates can vary wildly by season.
Depending on the time of year and seasonal events, you may find rates much different than our cost codes.
Even if you book your trip elsewhere, use us for research, official websites and phone numbers.
www.allstays.com /Mexico/tapachula-hotels.htm   (238 words)

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