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

The colonial province of Chiapa was established Creating by Diego Mazariegos in 1528 , with the reorganisation of existing Presence `` encomiendas '' and colonial jurisdictions , and the renaming of San Cristóbal as Villa Real , and its relocation to Jovel .

The Portuguese forces launched Process_start a direct assault on the town , hoping initially to capture a key fort , San Cristóbal , but after 22 days of unsuccessful attack , the Portuguese abandoned GiveUp this plan and began Process_start to build a circumvallation wall around Badajoz instead , to try to isolate the city .