Last modified: 2003-01-11 by juan manuel gabino villascán
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Tapachula municipality, whose capital is Tapachula de Córdova y Ordoñez that
is not a coastal city, has under its jurisdiction, in the Pacific Ocean, the most
important Chiapas port: Puerto Madero, formerly called San Benito Soconusco.
San Benito Soconusco, founded even before Tapachula, has been the region's most important
coastal trading port ever since. In 1813, Spanish Government allowed in 1813 San Benito
and Tonalá (La Puerta - Puerto Arista) trading with
other New Spain's, Guatemala's and Peru's ports, although the commercial activity reached
from Oaxaca, California to Asia exporting most of the "cacao" produced over the region.
After independence (1821) San Banito, jointly with the Soconusco was targer of
Guatemalan smuglers and thieves, until the regions passed definitively to Mexico in
1842. In 1861 San Benito was offcially allowed to do external-trade operations.
With time, San Benito Soconusco became the most important coffee-exporting port of
Chiapas. In 1891, President Gen. Porfirio Díaz oppened the lighthouse and dock in
San Benito. On February 13, 1934, Governor Col. Victorio R. Grajales decreed changing
the name from San Benito to Puerto Madero.
For maritime (registration) purposes, about 1923, San Benito Soconusco (currently
Puerto Madero) was know after the region and after its municipality: Tapachula.
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, October 06, 2001.
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by Ivan Sache, Dec 19, 2001. |
Soconusco,
Chiapas
(Departamento del Pacífico) -
Per bend sinister divided blue-red, a white disc in the blue
triangle.
Ivan Sache, Dec 19, 2001
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by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, October 06, 2001. |
Tapachula was part of the Departamento del Pacífico.
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, October 06, 2001.