San Cristóbal de Las Casas

Summary

San Cristóbal de Las Casas is a locality of Mexico^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of locality_of_mexico entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (249 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• San Cristóbal de Las Casas was a member of Creative Cities Network^[3].
• San Cristóbal de Las Casas is located in San Cristóbal de Las Casas Municipality^[4].
• San Cristóbal de Las Casas is in the country of Mexico^[5].
• San Cristóbal de Las Casas's image is recorded as Montaje de San Cristóbal de Las Casas.jpg^[6].
• San Cristóbal de Las Casas's instance of is recorded as locality of Mexico^[7].
• San Cristóbal de Las Casas's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• San Cristóbal de Las Casas's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of arms of San Cristobal de Las Casas.svg^[9].
• Bartolomé de Las Casas is named after San Cristóbal de Las Casas^[10].
• Saint Christopher is named after San Cristóbal de Las Casas^[11].
• San Cristóbal de Las Casas's twinned administrative body is recorded as San Miguel de Allende^[12].
• San Cristóbal de Las Casas's twinned administrative body is recorded as Oaxaca de Juárez^[13].
• San Cristóbal de Las Casas's twinned administrative body is recorded as Quetzaltenango^[14].
• San Cristóbal de Las Casas's twinned administrative body is recorded as Asheville^[15].
• San Cristóbal de Las Casas's ISNI is recorded as 0000000090804862^[16].
• San Cristóbal de Las Casas's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 312805836^[17].
• San Cristóbal de Las Casas's GND ID is recorded as 4314569-3^[18].
• San Cristóbal de Las Casas's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82074216^[19].
• San Cristóbal de Las Casas's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12473495x^[20].
• San Cristóbal de Las Casas's postal code is recorded as 29200–29299^[21].
• San Cristóbal de Las Casas's Commons category is recorded as San Cristobal de las Casas^[22].
• San Cristóbal de Las Casas's licence plate code is recorded as 7^[23].
• San Cristóbal de Las Casas's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−06:00^[24].
• San Cristóbal de Las Casas's local dialing code is recorded as 967^[25].
• +1528-03-31T00:00:00Z marks the founding of San Cristóbal de Las Casas^[26].
• San Cristóbal de Las Casas's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 16.737022222222222, 'lon': -92.63756388888889}^[27].

Body

Geography

San Cristóbal de Las Casas is in the country of Mexico^[5]. It is located in San Cristóbal de Las Casas Municipality^[4].

Physical Characteristics

San Cristóbal de Las Casas's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2121'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+158027'}^[29] and {'amount': '+183509'}^[30].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include locality of Mexico^[7] and big city^[8]. San Cristóbal de Las Casas's heritage designation is recorded as Pueblos mágicos^[31].

History and Context

+1528-03-31T00:00:00Z marks the founding of San Cristóbal de Las Casas^[26]. Things named after include Bartolomé de Las Casas^[10], a writer^[32], 1474–1566^[33], of Spain^[34] and Saint Christopher^[11], 0300–0251^[35].

Cultural Significance

Things named for San Cristóbal de Las Casas include San Cristóbal de las Casas National Airport^[36], an airport^[37], in Mexico^[38].

Why It Matters

San Cristóbal de Las Casas ranks in the top 2% of locality_of_mexico entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (249 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for it include San Cristóbal de las Casas National Airport^[36], an airport^[37], in Mexico^[38].