Who is Nicolas Ruiz?
Nicolás Ruíz is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 4,317, up from 3,135 as of 2005. It covers an area of 137 km2. Other than the town of Nicolás Ruíz, the municipality had 2 localities, neither of which had a population over 1,000. The settlement was originally known as San Diego de la Reforma; it acquired its present name on 14 February 1934 to honor 19th-century Governor of Chiapas Nicolás Ruiz.
