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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 128 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SAN CRISTOBAL (formerly called SAN CRISTOBAL DE Los LLANOS,
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CIUDAD DE
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LAS CASAS, and CIUDAD REAL)  , a
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town of
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Mexico, in the
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state of
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Chiapas, on a level tableland about 6700 ft. above
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sea-level and 48 m . E.N.E. of Tuxtla Gutierrez . Pop . (1892 estimate) 16,000 . The surrounding
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country is fertile and healthful and is populated chiefly with
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Indians . The town possesses a
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cathedral,
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hospital and other public institutions .
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San Cristobal was founded in 1528 on the site of an
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Indian
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village, and afterwards was famous as the
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residence of
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Las Casas,
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Bishop of Chiapas . It was the
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capital of Chiapas until near the end of the 19th
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century . There are traces of an
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early Indian
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civilization in the vicinity .

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