Tapachula Attractions

Beyond Tonalá, the MEX 200 runs south-east for 221km/137mi along the Pacific coast, through Huixtla, to Tapachula (150 m (490 ft); population: 190,000), attractively situated at the foot of an extinct volcano, the 4093 m (13,433 ft)-high Tonaná. Tapachula is the commercial hub of a region in which high-lying coffee plantations are very much in evidence playing a significant economic role. Finds from the Chiapas area, mainly from Tonalá and Izapa, are displayed in the city's Museo Arqueológico de Soconusco. There is also a zoo.