Suchiate

Suchiate is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, on the border with Guatemala.

On the eastern edge of the municipality, flowing from north to south, is the Río Suchiate, which forms the international border.

Two communities within the municipality are border crossings with Guatemala, Ciudad Hidalgo and Talismán.

Ciudad Hidalgo is the municipal seat and has a customs house at the border.

[1] The municipality had 180 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Ciudad Hidalgo (14,606), La Libertad (4,500), classified as urban, and Ignacio López Rayón (1,573), classified as rural.