Chiapas is Mexico's poorest, eighth largest state, covering 75,634 square kilometers.  40% of Mexico's plant varietes, 36% of its mammal species, 34% of its reptiles and amphibians, 66% of its bird species, 20% of it's fresh-water fish, and 80% of it's butterfly species are found in Chiapas.

But it's greatest wealth is the 3.5 million people of Chiapas, two thirds of whom live and die in rural communities. Half of them don't have potable water, and two-thirds have no sewage service.  Out of 3.5 million Chiapanecos, approximately 1 million are indigenous Indians. 

In the map below, you can see the state of Chiapas, circled in red.  If you click anywhere on the map, you will be taken through to a map of Chiapas itself.