{{Short description|Municipality in Veracruz, Mexico}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = |name = Las Choapas |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = [[Municipalities of Mexico|Municipality]] |total_type = Municipality |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = |image_shield = |pushpin_map = Mexico Veracruz#Mexico |pushpin_label_position = above |pushpin_mapsize = |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Mexico <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Mexico]] |subdivision_type1 = [[States of Mexico|State]] |subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Veracruz}} [[Veracruz]] <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |established_title = Founded |established_date = |established_title1 = Founded as |established_date1 = |established_title2 = |established_date2 = |founder = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> |area_water_km2 = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = |population_density_blank1_km2 = auto |population_demonym = {{in lang|es}} <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = [[Central Standard Time|CST]] |utc_offset = −6 |timezone_DST = [[Central Daylight Time|CDT]] |utc_offset_DST = −5 |coordinates = |elevation_point = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |footnotes = }} '''Las Choapas''' is a city and its surrounding [[Municipalities of Veracruz|municipality]] in the southeastern extremes of the [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[List of states of Mexico|state]] of [[Veracruz]]. It is bordered by the municipalities of [[Uxpanapa]], [[Minatitlán, Veracruz|Minatitlán]], [[Moloacán]], and [[Agua Dulce, Veracruz|Agua Dulce]] in Veracruz, [[Huimanguillo]] in [[Tabasco]], [[Cintalapa]] and [[Tecpatán]] in [[Chiapas]], and [[Santa María Chimalapa]] in [[Oaxaca]]. Its major products are cattle breeding, corn, oil, fruit, sugar, and rubber. In the past it had a rice miller. It is one of the largest municipalities in [[Veracruz]], with an area of 2,851.2 km<sup>2</sup> (1,100.85 sq mi). At the 2005 census the city had a population of 40,773 inhabitants, while the municipality had a population of 70,092. It is a very hot place, as temperature reaches up to 40 degrees Celsius. It has had some [[tornado]]es in the past. It is connected to the communities of [[Raudales]]-[[Ocozocoautla]] in [[Chiapas]] through the [[Chiapas bridge]].
Twelve bodies whose hands were tied are found along a road in Las Choapas on January 18, [[2021 in Mexico|2021]]. Witness say the men killed belonged to a family from the [[ejido]] of Aguas Frías. There are armed [[Grupos de Autodefensa Comunitaria]] (vigilantes) in Las Choapas and at least six [[Mexican drug war|drug cartels]] operate in the state.<ref>{{cite news |title=Violencia en Veracruz: abandonaron 12 cuerpos en un camino de terracería en Las Choapas |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2021/01/18/violencia-en-veracruz-abandonaron-10-cuerpos-en-un-camino-de-terraceria-en-las-choapas/ |access-date=January 18, 2021 |work=infobae |publisher=Infobae |date=January 18, 2021 |language=es-ES}}</ref>
==Transportation==
Since 13 September 2024,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chacón |first1=Jorge |title=¡Amoroso recibimiento en Tabasco!; AMLO y Claudia Sheinbaun inauguran Línea FA del Tren Interoceánico |url=https://diariodelistmo.com/nacional/tren-interoceanico-asi-recibieron-a-amlo-y-claudia-sheinbaum-para-la-inauguracion-de-la-linea-fa-/50573972 |website=diariodelistmo.com |date=September 13, 2024 |access-date=September 13, 2024 |language=es-MX}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=López |first1=Heder |title=Tren Interoceánico: iniciará venta de boletos de la línea FA Coatzacoalcos-Palenque ¿cuándo? |url=https://diariodelistmo.com/coatzacoalcos/tren-interoceanico-iniciara-venta-de-boletos-de-la-linea-fa-coatzacoalcos-palenque-cuando/50570724 |website=diariodelistmo.com |date=September 6, 2024 |access-date=September 8, 2024 |language=es-MX}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Chacón |first1=Jorge |title=Tren Interoceánico: esta es la longitud de la línea FA Coatzacoalcos-Palenque |url=https://diariodelistmo.com/coatzacoalcos/tren-interoceanico-esta-es-la-longitud-de-la-linea-fa-coatzacoalcos-palenque-/50569683 |website=diariodelistmo.com |date=September 3, 2024 |access-date=September 5, 2024 |language=es-MX}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=López Cabrera |first1=Heder |title=Tren Interoceánico y Tren Maya se conectarán en esta fecha; listas las Líneas FA y K |url=https://diariodelistmo.com/coatzacoalcos/tren-interoceanico-y-tren-maya-se-conectaran-en-esta-fecha-listas-las-lineas-fa-y-k/50541020 |website=Diario del Istmo |date=June 22, 2024 |access-date=June 24, 2024 |language=es-MX}}</ref> Las Choapas has been the location of a stop on [[Line FA (Tren Interoceánico)|Line FA]], a line of the [[Tren Interoceánico (network) |Tren Interoceánico]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Tren Interoceánico: estas son las estaciones que atravesará la Línea FA Coatzacoalcos-Palenque |url=https://diariodelistmo.com/coatzacoalcos/tren-interoceanico-estas-son-las-estaciones-que-atravesara-la-linea-fa-coatzacoalcos-palenque/50573453 |website=Diario del Istmo |access-date=16 September 2024 |language=es-MX}}</ref>
{{Adjacent stations|header0=Current services{{anchor|station}}|system=Ferrocarril Transístmico|line=FA|left=Cuichapa|right=Roberto Ayala}}
==References== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130406130712/http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005] INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110517162104/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_veracruz Veracruz] Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070414094716/http://www.laschoapas.gob.mx/ Municipio de Choapas] Official website * {{in lang|es}} [http://portal.veracruz.gob.mx/portal/page?_pageid=153,4493464&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&municipio=laschoapas.pdf Municipal Official Information]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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