The Spanish conquest of Chiapas was the campaign undertaken Action by the Spanish `` conquistadores '' against the Late Postclassic Mesoamerican polities in the territory that is now incorporated Cause_to_amalgamate into the modern Mexican state of Chiapas .

The Spanish conquest of Chiapas was the campaign undertaken Action by the Spanish `` conquistadores '' against the Late Postclassic Mesoamerican polities in the territory that is now incorporated Cause_to_amalgamate into the modern Mexican state of Chiapas .

The region is physically diverse , featuring a number of highland areas , including the Sierra Madre de Chiapas and the Montañas Centrales ( Central Highlands ) , a southern littoral plain known as Soconusco and a central depression formed Coming_to_be by the drainage of the Grijalva River .

Before the Spanish conquest , Chiapas was inhabited Placing by a variety of indigenous peoples , including the Zoques , various Maya peoples , such as the Lakandon Chʼol and the Tzotzil , and an unidentified group referred Name_conferral to as the Chiapanecas .

In the early 1520s , several Spanish expeditions crossed Motion_directional Chiapas by land , and Spanish ships scouted Scrutiny the Pacific coast .

The first highland colonial town in Chiapas , San Cristóbal de los Llanos , was established Creating by Pedro de Portocarrero in 1527 .

After recurving Body_movement to the northeast , Barbara intensified Cause_change_of_strength into a Category 1 hurricane Catastrophe on May 29 and made landfall in Chiapas at peak intensity with winds of 80 mph ( 130 km/h ) and a barometric pressure estimated at 983 mbar ( hPa ; 29.03 inHg ) .

Barbara then moved Motion across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and dissipated Dispersal within the mountainous terrain of Sierra Madre de Chiapas on May 30 .

Many shelters opened Openness in Chiapas , Oaxaca and Guatemala while schools and ports were temporarily closed during the storm Catastrophe .

In the state of Chiapas alone , 2,000 houses were damaged Damaging .

The Chiapas conflict Hostile_encounter ( Spanish : `` Conflicto de Chiapas '' ) refers to the 1994 Zapatista uprising Hostile_encounter , the 1995 Zapatista crisis Hostile_encounter and their aftermath Hostile_encounter , and tensions between the indigenous peoples and subsistence farmers in the Mexican state of Chiapas from the 1990s to the present Presence day .

The Chiapas conflict Hostile_encounter ( Spanish : `` Conflicto de Chiapas '' ) refers to the 1994 Zapatista uprising Hostile_encounter , the 1995 Zapatista crisis Hostile_encounter and their aftermath Hostile_encounter , and tensions between the indigenous peoples and subsistence farmers in the Mexican state of Chiapas from the 1990s to the present Presence day .

The Chiapas conflict Hostile_encounter ( Spanish : `` Conflicto de Chiapas '' ) refers to the 1994 Zapatista uprising Hostile_encounter , the 1995 Zapatista crisis Hostile_encounter and their aftermath Hostile_encounter , and tensions between the indigenous peoples and subsistence farmers in the Mexican state of Chiapas from the 1990s to the present Presence day .

The last related incident Hostile_encounter occurred Presence in 2014 , when a Zapatista-affiliated teacher was killed Killing and 15 more wounded Bodily_harm in Chiapas .

In Mexico , the storm 's outer rainbands killed Killing three people in Acapulco , one person in Oaxaca , and another in Chiapas .

Landslides in damaged Damaging 36 homes and 334 homes in the states Statement of Chiapas and Veracruz , respectively .

After entering Arriving the eastern Pacific , the system re-intensified Cause_change_of_strength into a hurricane and was renamed Name_conferral Olivia , which weakened before dissipating Dispersal over Chiapas on September 23 .

The most notable damages were caused Causation by flooding along the southern coast of Mexico , mostly in Chiapas , Oaxaca , Guerrero and Michoacán .