La Independencia, Mexico
La Independencia is a town of 3,041 people in Chiapas, Mexico, founded in 1823.
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Population3,041
GeoNames
RegionChiapas
Elevation1,565 m
5,135 ft
Founded1823
Time zoneAmerica/Mexico City
Nearest airportComitan National Airport (CJT)
9 km
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About La Independencia
La Independencia is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.
From the Wikipedia article La Independencia, Chiapas (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of La Independencia
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Getting there and nearby towns
Comitan National Airport (CJT) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 9 km away.
- Quistajito 3 km southeast, about 3 min by car
- Cajcam 3 km northwest, about 3 min by car
- Primero de Mayo 3 km north, about 3 min by car
- Galeana 4 km southeast, about 4 min by car
- Buenavista 4 km east, about 4 min by car
- Guadalupe Quistaj 4 km south, about 4 min by car
- El Rosario 5 km southeast, about 5 min by car
- Francisco Sarabia 7 km east, about 7 min by car
- Comitán 12 km west, about 12 min by car
- San Cristóbal de las Casas 84 km northwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
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- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
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