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El Gancho Destination Guide

Discover El Gancho in Mexico

El Gancho in the region of Chiapas is a place located in Mexico - some 565 mi or ( 910 km ) South-East of Mexico City , the country's capital .

Interactive map of El Gancho

Local time in El Gancho is now 11:53 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " America/Mexico City " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: San Jose, San Fernando Cahuacan, Miguel Aleman, Luis, and Belmopan. When in this area, you might want to check out San Jose . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in El Gancho ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

No More Dirt Roads 2

5:47 min by KeylimeSteve
Views: 189 Rating: 0.00

More Mexico road trip vid, this time in southern Chiapas banana country, looking for the right fishing spot. I swore I was staying off dirt roads, but couldn't help myself. ..

Chio el 31 Suchiate

1:22 min by leninforrito
Views: 144 Rating: 0.00

This video was uploaded from a mobile phone. ..


DIA DEL MIGRANTE 2008

3:20 min by AJBARRIOS
Views: 110 Rating: 1.00

PICO Y PABLO COLABORANDO CON LOS MIGRANTES ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Ocos

Ocos is a municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala. It is situated on the Pacific Ocean coast, very close to the border with Mexico-only 4 m altitude and two big rivers-the Suchiate and the Naranjo rivers. The coast is perfect for surfing activities http://www. surf-forecast. com/breaks/Ocos. shtml.

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Located at 14.51 -92.19 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the San Marcos Department, Populated places in Guatemala, Surfing locations

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 combined road and rail bridge known as Puente Rodolfo Robles linking Ayutla to Ciudad Hidalgo in Chiapas, Mexico. There exists a railway, but because of poor maintenance nowadays it is not operational, but there are plans for its restoration.

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Located at 14.67 -92.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the San Marcos Department, Populated places in Guatemala, Proposed transport infrastructure in Guatemala, Transport in Guatemala

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 "Robles Disease" (Onchocercosis).

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Located at 14.68 -92.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Bridges in Guatemala, Bridges in Mexico, Buildings and structures in Chiapas, Guatemala–Mexico border crossings, International bridges, Transportation in Chiapas

Suchiate

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.

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Located at 14.68 -92.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Guatemala–Mexico border crossings, Municipalities of Chiapas

Ujuxte

The site of Ujuxte (after the Ramón or Breadnut tree -- uh-hush-te) is the largest preclassic site to be discovered on the Guatemalan Pacific coast. It is in the Retalhuleu Department, in western Guatemala.

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Located at 14.54 -92.04 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Guatemala, Former populated places in Guatemala, Maya sites in Guatemala, Retalhuleu Department