Soconusco refers to the region of rich lowlands and foothills along the Pacific coast of southeastern Chiapas, Mexico. The economic center is Tapachula. Disambiguation: For the region of Scotland please see Scottish Lowlands Lowlands, also known as A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise, is a music festival, held annually in the Netherlands in August. ... Other uses: Foothills are geographically defined as gradual increases in elevated land at the base of a mountain range. ... Chiapas is a state in the southeast of Mexico. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
The Soconusco region is main coffee-producing region in Chiapas. Coffee is a beverage, usually served hot, prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant. ...
The Soconusco has the double distinction of being the last and most distant southern province to be dominated by the Aztecs for tribute purposes, as described below, and one of the last territories to be united with the Republic of Mexico (in 1842).
In later centuries the Province of Soconusco was divided for administrative purposes into a northwestern Tonalá District--which coincided with the arid northern half of the coastal corridor--and the southeastern Soconusco District--with its higher rainfall, deeper soils, and perennially flowing rivers and streams.
Soconusco, situated in the western part of the province--closer to Tenochtitlan than all but one of the other conquered towns--may have been the safest location for tribute collection and a preferred point of departure for the porters who transported tribute items to Central Mexico.
As long as the people of Soconusco gained their livelihood from hunting, gathering, fishing, and fowling, there was little need to take cognizance of the rhythms of nature, except in the most general way.
In the middle of the north wall of the ball court of Izapa is this carving of a (bearded?) man standing in a boat with a cross in one of his outstretched hands.
It is probable, therefore, that in the initial stages of Soconusco's cultural evolution the presence of a fertility cult may well have constituted one of the people's principal forms of religious expression.
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