Chiapas, Mexico · North America
Verapaz sits on the route: 10 minutes from El Portal.
Verapaz is a town located in Chiapas, Mexico. With a population of 2,237, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Verapaz sits in Mexico, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Mexico City time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Verapaz to your route.
Ciudad Cuauhtémoc is a town in the extreme southern Mexican state of Chiapas. It is part of the municipality of Frontera Comalapa and is situated on the Guatemala–Mexico border opposite the city of La Mesilla, Huehuetenango, Guatemala. As of 2010, Ciudad Cuauhtémoc had a population of 2,325.
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changed from El Ocotal to Ciudad Cuauhtémoc on November 18, 1943, and serves as Mexico's southern terminus of the Pan-American Highway.
The city is noted for being the final destination of Mexico's first Carrera Panamericana border-to-border road race in 1950. Starting in Ciudad Juárez (situated across the border from El Paso, Texas) in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, the race lasted six days, spanned 2,096 miles (3,373 kilometers), and finished its course in Ciudad Cuauhtémoc on the southern Mexican border with Guatemala. The Carrera Panamericana ran for five consecutive years from 1950 to 1954 and was a celebration of Mexico's completion of its portion of the Pan-American Highway.
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Verapaz is located in Chiapas, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 15.7117 latitude, -92.0620 longitude.
Verapaz has a population of approximately 2,237 people, making it a town in Mexico.
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Green Angels (free tourist roadside assistance on federal highways): 078.
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