Ciudad Hidalgo is a

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

in the

Mexican state A Mexican State (), officially the Free and Sovereign State (), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, a ...

Chiapas Chiapas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas, is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises Municipalities of Chiapas, 124 municipalities and its capital and large ...

. It serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding

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of Suchiate which is the southernmost in Mexico. In the 2010

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Census, it reported a population of 14,606 inhabitants. It is the main crossing point on the international border with

Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...

. The

Puente Rodolfo Robles Puente Rodolfo Robles is a bridge across the Suchiate River between Ciudad Hidalgo in the Mexican state of Chiapas and Ciudad Tecún Umán in Guatemala. The bridge is named after Rodolfo Robles, the Guatemalan physician who first described " ...

, a road-rail bridge, over the

Río Suchiate The Suchiate River (, ) is a river that marks the southwesternmost part of Mexico-Guatemala border, the border between Mexico (state of Chiapas) and Guatemala (department of San Marcos (department), San Marcos). From its sources on the southern s ...

joins it with the Guatemalan city of Ciudad Tecún Umán in the municipality of

Ayutla, San Marcos Ayutla () is a municipality in the San Marcos Department of Guatemala. It is situated along the Suchiate River natural border with Mexico in the southern part of the department. The municipality center is Ciudad Tecún Umán. There is a combine ...

department.

History

Ciudad Hidalgo was founded in 1882 by a group of settlers from

, who did not wish to remain on the Guatemalan side of the border following adoption of the border treaty of 27 September 1882 between the nations. The new settlement arose on what had been a hacienda called Los Cerros; it was known as either Suchiate, after the Río Suchiate, or Ignacio Mariscal, after a local landowner. On 4 July 1925 Suchiate was given village ''(

pueblo Pueblo refers to the settlements of the Pueblo peoples, Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States, currently in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. The permanent communities, including some of the oldest continually occupied settlement ...

)'' status and the municipality of Suchiate was formed. On 24 July 1952, under

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Francisco J. Grajales, the town of Suchiate was given city status and its name changed to Ciudad Hidalgo, in honour of Fr.

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla Gallaga Mandarte y Villaseñor (8 May 1753 – 30 July 1811), commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo (), was a Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican War ...

Transportation

Tren Interoceánico plans to build a station for its Line K in Ciudad Hidalgo. It will be the last station on Line K before it crosses the border with Guatemala. The second phase of this line, which includes this station, is scheduled to open in mid-2025.

References

{{reflist Populated places in Chiapas Guatemala–Mexico border crossings

History

Transportation

See also

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