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About Tzimol
Tzimol is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.
From the Wikipedia article Tzimol (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
People living in Tzimol are descendants of the ancient inhabitants of Escuintenango, missing population was located on the left bank of the upper Grijalva, whose name means exactly nahoa "fortified place of dogs." Some researchers (Culebro among them) believe that Comitan down several families (Gordillo, Abbey, Pinto, Guillén) which founded the villages of Mamantic, Las Margaritas and Islapa, those growing up had the idea to merge with the native Tojolabales formed the present town of Tzimol. In contemporary times, and according to the testimony of its own people, Tzimol participated in the events of the Mexican Revolution that shook the state, some of these historical facts as the stage had its own geographical area.
From the History section of Tzimol on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Comitan National Airport (CJT) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 15 km away.
- Comitán 9 km northeast, about 9 min by car
- Ochusjob 9 km northwest, about 9 min by car
- Francisco Sarabia 9 km east, about 9 min by car
- Jatón Chacaljemel 9 km east, about 9 min by car
- San Vicente la Mesilla 12 km west, about 12 min by car
- Francisco Villa 10 km west, about 10 min by car
- Quija 11 km north, about 11 min by car
- San José Yocnajab 13 km northeast, about 13 min by car
- Cash 13 km northeast, about 13 min by car
- San Cristóbal de las Casas 78 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
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- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Vista Norte de Tzimol, FRANCISCO MANUEL, CC BY 2.5
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