Tila

Tila lies in the northern hills of Chiapas, in a region of Ch’ol-speaking communities and routes descending towards Tabasco. Its church and the image known as the Lord of Tila became the focus of pilgrimage from a wide area. During the colonial period the settlement stood on a route connecting Chiapas with the river country to the north. In 1679 its expanding parish was divided to administer the growing congregation.