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El Principio Destination Guide

Discover El Principio in Mexico

El Principio in the region of Chiapas is a town located in Mexico - some 562 mi or ( 905 km ) South-East of Mexico City , the country's capital .

Interactive map of El Principio

Local time in El Principio is now 04:37 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " America/Mexico City " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Perez, Los Angeles, Cuauhtemoc, Benito Juarez, and Belmopan. When in this area, you might want to check out Perez . We found 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 Principio ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Somewhere Near Tapachula Teaser Trailer

2:38 min by stenutz
Views: 31349 Rating: 4.98

Somewhere Near Tapachula is a truly inspiring story of love, life and hope. Set in Tapachula, Mexico, this documentary looks at the horrific childhoods of 45 kids, their new life at Mision Mexico, and ..

PRELUDE-YANNI

2:27 min by supernatural2029
Views: 2081 Rating: 5.00

a song by Yanni, called Prelude from Tribute 1997, the first images are churches in Lake Van in Turkey, Sea of Galilee in Israel, Saint Basil Basilica in Moscow, Acropolis in Athens, Greece, Palenque ..


Mexican city prepares for end of the world

4:33 min by UnivisionNews1
Views: 863 Rating: 0.00

Univision News 1.19.2012 uninews.us ..

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. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

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 10 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the San Marcos Department, Populated places in Guatemala, Proposed transport infrastructure in Guatemala, Transport in Guatemala

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 10 km away
Tags: Guatemala–Mexico border crossings, Municipalities of Chiapas

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 11 km away
Tags: Bridges in Guatemala, Bridges in Mexico, Buildings and structures in Chiapas, Guatemala–Mexico border crossings, International bridges, Transportation in Chiapas

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 16 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the San Marcos Department, Populated places in Guatemala, Surfing locations

Port of Chiapas

The Port of Chiapas is a port in Puerto de San Benito in the Soconusco region in the southern portion of the Mexican state of Chiapas. The port entrance lies about 13 kilometres northwest of the mouth of the Suchiate River which is the international boundary between Mexico and Guatemala. Puerto de San Benito is connected by Highway 225 to Tapachula International Airport and the city of Tapachula. Since its opening in 1975 the port has been a small fishing and agricultural transport center.

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Located at 14.70 -92.41 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Chiapas, Ports and harbours of Mexico, Transportation in Chiapas