Seventh Federal Electoral District of Chiapas

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The Seventh Federal Electoral District of Chiapas(VII Distrito Electoral Federal de Chiapas) is one of the 300 Electoral Districts into which Mexico is divided for the purpose of elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 12 such districts in the state of Chiapas.

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Covering almost 2,000,000 square kilometers (770,000 sq mi), the nation is the fourth largest country in the Americas by total area and the 13th largest independent state in the world. With an estimated population of over 129 million people, Mexico is the tenth most populous country and the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world, while being the second most populous nation in Latin America after Brazil. Mexico is a federation comprising 31 states plus Mexico City (CDMX), which is the capital city and its most populous city. Other metropolises in the country include Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla, Toluca, Tijuana, and León.

The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the Congress of the Union, the bicameral legislature of Mexico. The other chamber is the Senate. The structure and responsibilities of both chambers of Congress are defined in Articles 50 to 70 of the current constitution.

Chiapas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas, is one of the 31 states that, along with Mexico City, make up the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 124 municipalities as of September 2017 and its capital city is Tuxtla Gutiérrez. Other important population centers in Chiapas include Ocosingo, Tapachula, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Comitán and Arriaga. It is the southernmost state in Mexico. It is located in Southeastern Mexico, and it borders the states of Oaxaca to the west, Veracruz to the northwest and Tabasco to the north, and by the Petén, Quiché, Huehuetenango and San Marcos departments of Guatemala to the east and southeast. Chiapas has a coastline along the Pacific Ocean to the south.

District territory

The Seventh District of Chiapas is located in the Soconusco region on the state's Pacific coast. It comprises the municipalities of Acacoyagua, Acapetahua, Arriaga, Escuintla, Mapastepec, Pijijiapan, Tonalá and Villa Comaltitlán.^[1]

Soconusco region in the southwest corner of the state of Chiapas in Mexico along its border with Guatemala

Soconusco is a region in the southwest corner of the state of Chiapas in Mexico along its border with Guatemala. It is a narrow strip of land wedged between the Sierra Madre de Chiapas mountains and the Pacific Ocean. It is the southernmost part of the Chiapas coast extending south from the Ulapa River to the Suchiate River, distinguished by its history and economic production. Abundant moisture and volcanic soil has always made it rich for agriculture, contributing to the flowering of the Mokaya and Olmec cultures, that were based on Theobroma cacao and rubber of Castilla elastica.

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south and is bounded by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east.

Acapetahua is a town and one of the 122 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 27,580, up from 14,189 in 2005.

The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Tonalá, Chiapas.

Tonalá is one of the 119 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.

Previous districting schemes

1996–2005 district

Between 1996 and 2005, the Seventh District was still in Soconusco region, but had a slightly different configuration. It covered:

Arriaga, Pijijiapan and Tonalá, as at present, plus:
Cintalapa and Jiquipilas, ^[2]

Pijijiapan is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean about midway between the border with the state of Oaxaca and the international frontier with Guatemala.

Cintalapa is a town and one of the 122 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 2404.6 km².

Jiquipilas is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.

The Seventh District of Chiapas was created in 1977. Prior to that year, Chiapas only had six federal electoral districts. The Seventh District elected its first deputy, to the 51st Congress, in 1979.

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

LI Legislature
- 1979–1982: Antonio Cueto Citalán (PRI)
LII Legislature
- 1982–1985: Sami David David (PRI)
LIII Legislature
- 1985–1988:
LIV Legislature
- 1988–1991: Neftalí Rojas Hidalgo (PRI)
LV Legislature
- 1991–1994:
LVI Legislature
- 1994–1997: Gabriel Aguiar Ortega (PRI)
LVII Legislature
- 1997–2000: Juan Oscar Trinidad Palacios (PRI)
LVIII Legislature
- 2000–2003: Patricia Aguilar García (PRI)
LIX Legislature
- 2003–2006: Francisco Grajales Palacios (PRI)
LX Legislature
- 2006–2009: Fernel Gálvez Rodríguez (PRD)

Sami Gabriel David David is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party. As of 2014 he served as Deputy of the LII, LIV and LIX Legislatures of the Mexican Congress and as Senator of the LVI and LVII Legislatures as a plurinominal representative.

The LIV Legislature of the Congress of the Union met from September 1, 1988, to August 31, 1991.

The LV Legislature of the Congress of the Union met from September 1, 1991, to August 31, 1994.

References and notes

↑ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado de Chiapas" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
↑ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Distritación de 1996 de Chiapas" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2008.

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[1] Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado de Chiapas" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2008.

[2] Instituto Federal Electoral. "Distritación de 1996 de Chiapas" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2008.