# Las Choapas

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Municipality in Veracruz, Mexico

Municipality in Veracruz, Mexico

Las Choapas Municipality Country Mexico State Veracruz Demonym (in Spanish) Time zone UTC−6 (CST) • Summer (DST) UTC−5 (CDT)

**Las Choapas** is a city and its surrounding [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Veracruz) in the southeastern extremes of the [Mexican](/source/Mexico) [state](/source/List_of_states_of_Mexico) of [Veracruz](/source/Veracruz). It is bordered by the municipalities of [Uxpanapa](/source/Uxpanapa), [Minatitlán](/source/Minatitl%C3%A1n%2C_Veracruz), [Moloacán](/source/Moloac%C3%A1n), and [Agua Dulce](/source/Agua_Dulce%2C_Veracruz) in Veracruz, [Huimanguillo](/source/Huimanguillo) in [Tabasco](/source/Tabasco), [Cintalapa](/source/Cintalapa) and [Tecpatán](/source/Tecpat%C3%A1n) in [Chiapas](/source/Chiapas), and [Santa María Chimalapa](/source/Santa_Mar%C3%ADa_Chimalapa) in [Oaxaca](/source/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](/source/Veracruz), with an area of 2,851.2 km2 (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 [tornadoes](/source/Tornado) in the past. It is connected to the communities of [Raudales](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Raudales&action=edit&redlink=1)-[Ocozocoautla](/source/Ocozocoautla) in [Chiapas](/source/Chiapas) through the [Chiapas bridge](/source/Chiapas_bridge).

Twelve bodies whose hands were tied are found along a road in Las Choapas on January 18, [2021](/source/2021_in_Mexico). Witness say the men killed belonged to a family from the [ejido](/source/Ejido) of Aguas Frías. There are armed [Grupos de Autodefensa Comunitaria](/source/Grupos_de_Autodefensa_Comunitaria) (vigilantes) in Las Choapas and at least six [drug cartels](/source/Mexican_drug_war) operate in the state.[1]

## Transportation

Since 13 September 2024,[2][3][4][5] Las Choapas has been the location of a stop on [Line FA](/source/Line_FA_(Tren_Interoce%C3%A1nico)), a line of the [Tren Interoceánico](/source/Tren_Interoce%C3%A1nico_(network)).[6]

Current services Preceding station Tren Interoceánico Following station Cuichapa toward Coatzacoalcos Line FA Roberto Ayala toward Pakal Ná (Palenque)

## References

- [Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005](https://web.archive.org/web/20130406130712/http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/) INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática

- [Veracruz](https://web.archive.org/web/20110517162104/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_veracruz) Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Violencia en Veracruz: abandonaron 12 cuerpos en un camino de terracería en Las Choapas"](https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2021/01/18/violencia-en-veracruz-abandonaron-10-cuerpos-en-un-camino-de-terraceria-en-las-choapas/). *infobae* (in European Spanish). Infobae. January 18, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Chacón, Jorge (September 13, 2024). ["¡Amoroso recibimiento en Tabasco!; AMLO y Claudia Sheinbaun inauguran Línea FA del Tren Interoceánico"](https://diariodelistmo.com/nacional/tren-interoceanico-asi-recibieron-a-amlo-y-claudia-sheinbaum-para-la-inauguracion-de-la-linea-fa-/50573972). *diariodelistmo.com* (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved September 13, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** López, Heder (September 6, 2024). ["Tren Interoceánico: iniciará venta de boletos de la línea FA Coatzacoalcos-Palenque ¿cuándo?"](https://diariodelistmo.com/coatzacoalcos/tren-interoceanico-iniciara-venta-de-boletos-de-la-linea-fa-coatzacoalcos-palenque-cuando/50570724). *diariodelistmo.com* (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved September 8, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Chacón, Jorge (September 3, 2024). ["Tren Interoceánico: esta es la longitud de la línea FA Coatzacoalcos-Palenque"](https://diariodelistmo.com/coatzacoalcos/tren-interoceanico-esta-es-la-longitud-de-la-linea-fa-coatzacoalcos-palenque-/50569683). *diariodelistmo.com* (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved September 5, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** López Cabrera, Heder (June 22, 2024). ["Tren Interoceánico y Tren Maya se conectarán en esta fecha; listas las Líneas FA y K"](https://diariodelistmo.com/coatzacoalcos/tren-interoceanico-y-tren-maya-se-conectaran-en-esta-fecha-listas-las-lineas-fa-y-k/50541020). *Diario del Istmo* (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved June 24, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Tren Interoceánico: estas son las estaciones que atravesará la Línea FA Coatzacoalcos-Palenque"](https://diariodelistmo.com/coatzacoalcos/tren-interoceanico-estas-son-las-estaciones-que-atravesara-la-linea-fa-coatzacoalcos-palenque/50573453). *Diario del Istmo* (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 16 September 2024.

## External links

- [Municipio de Choapas](https://web.archive.org/web/20070414094716/http://www.laschoapas.gob.mx/) Official website

- (in Spanish) [Municipal Official Information](http://portal.veracruz.gob.mx/portal/page?_pageid=153,4493464&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&municipio=laschoapas.pdf)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

[17°54′N 94°05′W / 17.900°N 94.083°W / 17.900; -94.083](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Las_Choapas&params=17_54_N_94_05_W_type:city_source:kolossus-eswiki)

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