Tila, Chiapas
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Tila is a town
and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas
, in southern Mexico
.
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 58,153. It covers an area of 705.5 km².
, and the documents of that time express the abuses of a Catholic priest, Father Cuevas, "a man with racist frustrations" who physically punished the indigenous inhabitants. In 1712 there was organized in Tila an uprising against the Spanish Authorities because of tax policies. In July 1829 the governor Emeterio Pineda granted Tila the category of "Villa". The postal service was founded in 1833. In 1920 there were made formalities that lasted for 10 years in Mexico and in Tuxtla Gutierrez to create in Tila the category of "ejidos" or communal land. In 1930 Tila became an Ejido of Chiapas. Since then on there coexists in Tila two main authorities, represented by the Commissioner Ejidal and by the municipal president. In the year 2005 there was a conflict by representatives of both authorities that divided the Tila between "ejiditarios" (indigenous owners of communal lands) and "pobladores" (new mestizo people who bought plots of land from former indigenous owners).
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas
Municipalities of Chiapas
The Mexican state of Chiapas is divided into 118 municipalities :...
, in southern Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
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As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 58,153. It covers an area of 705.5 km².
Foundation
Tila was founded in 1564 by Fray Pedro Lorenzo de la Nada. In 1677 was a parishParish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
, and the documents of that time express the abuses of a Catholic priest, Father Cuevas, "a man with racist frustrations" who physically punished the indigenous inhabitants. In 1712 there was organized in Tila an uprising against the Spanish Authorities because of tax policies. In July 1829 the governor Emeterio Pineda granted Tila the category of "Villa". The postal service was founded in 1833. In 1920 there were made formalities that lasted for 10 years in Mexico and in Tuxtla Gutierrez to create in Tila the category of "ejidos" or communal land. In 1930 Tila became an Ejido of Chiapas. Since then on there coexists in Tila two main authorities, represented by the Commissioner Ejidal and by the municipal president. In the year 2005 there was a conflict by representatives of both authorities that divided the Tila between "ejiditarios" (indigenous owners of communal lands) and "pobladores" (new mestizo people who bought plots of land from former indigenous owners).