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| | 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) |
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