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Tuxtla Gutiérrez is the capital city of the Mexican state of Chiapas. It is the seat of the local public administration, of the local authorities, and of the delegations of the federal government in the state. It covers more than 40% of the municipal territory, and continues to grow.

History

The Zoques founded a village in present day Tuxtla Gutiérrez in approximately 1240, calling it Coyatocmó, ("place of the rabbits' house" in Zoque). In the late 14th century, the Aztecs gave it the name of Tochtlán. Fiesta Party Supplies on eBay. In the colonial era, the Spanish called it Tusta and it was a mere rest village before continuing to Chiapa de los Indios (nowadays called the Chiapa de Corzo).

In the late 18th century, the Zoques provoked a rebellion in Tusta in which they killed the mayor, the Spanish governor, and their Zoque governor, and also looted and burned various residences, because their mayor, Don Manuel Maesterra y Atocha, had abused his power against them and the Real Audiencia de Guatemala had done very little about it in spite of the complaints.

On 20 February 1762, the town was officially named San Marcos Tuxtla.

On 19 June 1768, Chiapas was divided into two major municipalities: Tuxtla, which had jurisdiction in the Zoque and Chiapa areas, and Ciudad Real — now San Cristóbal de las Casas — which had jurisdiction in the rest of the province.