Pijijiapan yana bakin tekun Pacific, a cikin jihar Chiapas; sunansa ya ƙunshi kalmomin pijiji, na asalin mame, wanda shine sunan tsuntsun ƙafa mai halayyar yankin, da apan, wanda ke nufin "wuri", ko "wuri a cikin ruwa", ma'ana, "wurin pijijis" .
Yankin inda yawan jama'a yake a halin yanzu an kafa shi ne sama da shekaru dubu da suka gabata, kuma a duk tsawon wannan lokacin wurin ya sami tasiri na al'adu daban-daban, galibi motsawar kasuwanci ne tare da Olmecs, Nahuas, Aztecs, Mixes da Zoques, da sauran ƙungiyoyin Amurka ta Tsakiya. Amma kabilun da suka karfafa Pijijiapan, a al'adance da kuma dabi'unsu, sune Mam (protomayas daga kudu). Zuwa kusan 1524, Mutanen Spain waɗanda Pedro de Alvarado ya jagoranta, suka ci garin a kan hanyarsa ta zuwa Guatemala.
Tarihin Pijijiapan yana da lokacin mulkin mallaka daga 1526 zuwa 1821, shekarar da Guatemala ta sami independentancin kai daga Spain; sannan Soconusco da Chiapas, waɗanda aka sa su cikin Guatemala, suma sun kasance masu cin gashin kansu. Amma har zuwa shekarar 1842, bayan an hade Soconusco zuwa Chiapas –kuma saboda haka zuwa Mexico - yankin ya zama wani bangare na Jamhuriyar Mexico.
A yau akwai wasu nau'ikan kayan tarihi na abubuwan da suka gabata. Kusan kilomita 1,500 daga garin, zuwa yamma da Kogin Pijijiapan, akwai wasu duwatsu da aka sassaka da aka fi sani da "La reumbadora"; Wannan rukunin yana da manyan duwatsu guda uku na asalin Olmec; mafi yawan tilastawa kuma a cikin mafi kyawun yanayi shine "dutse na sojoji", wanda aka yi sauƙin a lokacin "San Lorenzo phase" (1200-900 BC). Garin San Lorenzo yana tsakiyar yankin Olmec na La Venta, tsakanin Veracruz da Tabasco. Kodayake abubuwan Olmec sun bayyana a duk yankin yankin bakin teku, amma daga duwatsun Pijijiapan sun tabbatar da cewa yarjejeniyar Olmec ta wanzu a nan kuma ba kawai hanyar yan kasuwa bane.
Karamar hukumar tana da yankuna daban-daban guda biyu da suka banbanta dangane da yanayin yanayin fasalin ta: shimfida wacce take daidai da teku da kuma wani tsauni wanda ya fara da tsaunuka, ya bunkasa a tsaunukan Sierra Madre kuma ya ƙare a saman shi. Yankin bakin teku na Chiapas shine hanyar da aka saba don yin ƙaura zuwa kudu da kuma hanyar kasuwanci da cin nasara.
A zamanin pre-Hispanic akwai hadaddun hanyoyin hanyoyin ruwa a cikin wuraren da magabata suke yin tafiya mai nisa, har zuwa Amurka ta Tsakiya. Kawancen da yankin ya sha wahala sakamakon yunƙurin mamayewa da mamayewa ya haifar, a lokuta da yawa, cewa adadin mazaunan ya ragu sosai, tun da mazaunan yankin sun nemi mafaka a cikin duwatsu ko ƙaura, don kauce wa Hare-haren.
A cikin yankin akwai tsarin lagoon mai mahimmanci da mara iyaka tare da ƙira, fadama, pampas, sanduna, da sauransu, waɗanda yawanci ana samun su ta hanyar panga ko jirgin ruwa kawai. Daga cikin manyan masanan sune Chocohuital, Palmarcito, Palo Blanco, Buenavista da Santiago. Yankin fadama yana da fadin kusan kilomita 4 na kasa mai gishiri, tare da adadin bakin yumbu.
A bakin rairayin bakin teku, tsakanin bishiyoyin dabino da ciyayi masu daɗi, zaku iya gano ƙananan gidaje da aka yi da mangrove palisades, rufin dabinon da sauran kayan daga yankin, waɗanda ke ba wa waɗannan ƙananan ƙauyukan kamun kifin kallon da dandano. Kuna iya isa sandar da al'ummomin suke ta hanyar panga, haka nan kuma ta jirgin ruwa zaku iya tafiya bankunan tsirrai kuma ku yaba farin da mangroves na farinsu, dabinon sarauta, tulles, lili da sabulu na ruwa, fiye da kilomita 50. Fauna yana da wadata da yawa. Akwai kadangaru, dodo, otter, pijijis, heron, chachalacas, toucans, da sauransu. Katifu sun kasance hadaddun hanyoyin sadarwa na hanyoyin ruwa, tare da ƙananan mahalli na kyakkyawa. Anan abu ne gama gari don saduwa da garken tsuntsaye daban-daban.
Baya ga wannan marsh ɗin mai ban mamaki, gundumar tana da wata kyakkyawar jan hankali: koguna. Nisa kaɗan daga garin, a cikin kogin Pijijiapan akwai wurare masu dacewa don iyo da ake kira "wuraren waha". Hanyoyin sadarwar ruwa na yankin yana da rikitarwa; akwai rafuffuka marasa adadi, dayawa daga cikinsu rafuka ne na koguna wadanda galibi rafi ne na dindindin. Mafi sanannun wuraren waha sune "del Anillo", "del Capul", "del Roncador", da sauransu. Wasu rafuffukan ruwa ma sun cancanci ziyarta, kamar su "Arroyo Frío".
Amma ban da abubuwan jan hankali da na gargajiya, Pijijiapan a yau kyakkyawan shiri ne tare da gine-ginen yare masu ban sha'awa, wasu gine-gine sun faro ne daga karni na 19; a cikin babban filin mun sami kiosk na yau da kullun da cocinsa waɗanda aka keɓe wa Santiago Apóstol. Ofaya daga cikin halayen shine zanen gidajen, masu launuka da yawa, ana amfani dashi ba tare da wani tsoro ba. Daga farkon ƙarni na 20, gidajen da aka fi sani da suna "laka" an fara gina su, tare da rufin tayal. Akwai gine-gine a cikin yankin wanda dole ne a kiyaye shi, bayyananniyar bayyanar halitta wacce ke ba wa rukunin yanar-gizon mutunci na musamman.
Har zuwa ƙarshen karni na 19, ƙauyen ƙauyen ya kasance yana da gidaje na gargajiya waɗanda suka samo asali kafin zamanin Ispaniya, tare da benaye masu datti, katangar katako zagaye da rufin dabino akan tsarin katako. A yau irin wannan ginin kusan ya ɓace. Babban abin sha'awa shine makabartar garin tare da kabarurruka na ƙarni na 19 da sifofi iri iri na zamani. A cikin garin Llanito, aan mintuna kaɗan daga kujerar birni, akwai ɗakin sujada na Budurwa ta Guadalupe wanda dole ne a ziyarta. Hakanan, a cikin gidan al'adun garin akwai wasu kayan tarihi masu kayatarwa, kamar su faranti, kayan kwalliya, masks da sherds.
Hakanan Pijijiapan yana da babban arzikin gastronomic, wanda ya haɗa da broth, prawns, catfish, shrimp, bass sea, da sauransu, ban da jita-jita na yanki, abubuwan sha mai daɗi, burodi da kayan abinci waɗanda suke daga cikin abincin mazauna yankin, misali alade da aka gasa, naman shanu, wake na wake tare da naman gishiri, naman kaza, naman alade, iri daban-daban na tamales: rajas, iguana, wake tare da yerba santa da chipilín tare da jatan lande; akwai abubuwan sha kamar su pozol da tepache; burodin da aka fi gani su ne marquesotes; Ayaba ana shirya ta hanyoyi da yawa: dafaffe, da soyayyen, da gasasshiyar romo, da warkewa, da cuku da cuku.
Hakanan mahimmanci shine cuku waɗanda aka shirya anan kuma waɗanda ake gani ko'ina, kamar su sabo, añejo da cotija. Ga masu son kamun kifi, an shirya gasa da yawa a watan Yuni; jinsunan da suka cancanci zama snook da snapper; masunta daga ko'ina cikin jihar sun halarci wannan gasa.
Don duk abubuwan da ke sama, wannan yankin bakin teku na jihar Chiapas yana da kyau duk inda ka gan shi. Yana da ƙaramin tsarin otal a yawancin lamura, amma mai tsabta. A cikin gidan al'adu koyaushe mutane za su kasance a shirye don taimaka muku a kan tafiyarku.
IDAN KA JE PIJIJIAPAN
Daga Tuxtla Gutiérrez ɗauki babbar hanyar tarayya ba. 190 wanda ya isa Arriaga, can yaci gaba akan babbar hanya babu. 200 zuwa Tonalá kuma daga can zuwa Pijijiapan. Daga nan akwai hanyoyi da yawa zuwa Palo Blanco, Estero Santiago, Chocohuital da Agua Tendida estuaries.
