Chiapas Highlands

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The Chiapas Highlands are a mountainous region in southern Mexico known for their large indigenous population, traditional cultures, and rugged, forested landscapes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
mountainous region ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Altos de Chiapas ⓘ
Los Altos de Chiapas ⓘ
climate cooler than surrounding lowlands ⓘ
temperate highland climate ⓘ
colonialHistory Spanish colonization in the 16th century ⓘ
containsArchaeologicalSite Tenam Puente ⓘ
Toniná ⓘ
containsCity Comitán de Domínguez ⓘ
Ocosingo ⓘ
San Cristóbal de las Casas ⓘ
containsMunicipality Huixtán ⓘ
Larráinzar ⓘ
Oxchuc ⓘ
San Juan Chamula ⓘ
Tenejapa ⓘ
Zinacantán ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
economy small-scale commerce ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevation approximately 2100 metres above sea level ⓘ
ethnicGroup Lacandon Maya ⓘ
linked to: Lacandon

Mestizo population ⓘ
Tojolabal Maya ⓘ
Tzeltal Maya ⓘ
Tzotzil Maya ⓘ
linked to: Tzotzil
highestPointElevation over 2400 metres above sea level ⓘ
historicalRegionOf Maya civilization ⓘ
knownFor coffee production ⓘ
indigenous languages ⓘ
large indigenous population ⓘ
maize cultivation ⓘ
traditional indigenous cultures ⓘ
traditional markets ⓘ
weaving and textiles ⓘ
landCover forested ⓘ
languageSpoken Spanish ⓘ
Tzeltal ⓘ
Tzotzil ⓘ
locatedIn Chiapas ⓘ
southern Mexico ⓘ
locatedOnContinent North America ⓘ
partOf Sierra Madre de Chiapas ⓘ
politicalSignificance area of indigenous social movements ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
syncretic Maya-Catholic practices ⓘ
terrain mountainous ⓘ
rugged ⓘ
timeZone Central Standard Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Time Zone

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indigenous peoples of Mexico → mainRegion → Chiapas Highlands ⓘ
Chiapas → containsRegion → Central Highlands of Chiapas ⓘ
linked to: Chiapas Highlands
Mexican Federal Highway 190 → connectsRegion → Chiapas Highlands ⓘ
Grijalva River → region → Chiapas Highlands ⓘ
San Sebastián (San Marcos, Guatemala) → locatedIn → Sierra Madre de Chiapas region ⓘ
subject linked to: San Sebastián
linked to: Chiapas Highlands
Temple of the Cross → tourismRegion → Chiapas Highlands ⓘ
Tzotzil people → region → Chiapas Highlands ⓘ
Tzeltal Maya → locatedIn → Chiapas highlands ⓘ
linked to: Chiapas Highlands
Tzotzil → primaryRegion → highlands of Chiapas ⓘ
linked to: Chiapas Highlands
Río Grijalva → sourceLocation → Chiapas Highlands ⓘ
Tojolabal Maya → region → Chiapas Highlands ⓘ
San José Mogote → region → Southern Highlands of Mesoamerica ⓘ
linked to: Chiapas Highlands
Municipality of San Cristóbal de las Casas → locatedOn → Central Highlands of Chiapas plateau ⓘ
linked to: Chiapas Highlands
Municipality of San Cristóbal de las Casas → hasCulturalRegion → Maya highlands ⓘ
linked to: Chiapas Highlands
San Cristóbal → locatedInRegion → Chiapas Highlands ⓘ
Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán (San Cristóbal de las Casas) → region → Highlands of Chiapas ⓘ
linked to: Chiapas Highlands
Museo de los Altos de Chiapas → locatedIn → Chiapas Highlands ⓘ
Chiapas Central Depression → borderedBy → Central Highlands of Chiapas ⓘ
linked to: Chiapas Highlands
Chenalhó → locatedIn → Chiapas Highlands ⓘ
Pantelhó → locatedInRegion → Chiapas Highlands ⓘ
Zinacantán → locatedIn → Chiapas Highlands ⓘ
San Andrés Larráinzar → locatedIn → Chiapas Highlands ⓘ
Tzeltal language → geographicDistribution → highlands of Chiapas ⓘ
linked to: Chiapas Highlands
Chilón → locatedInRegion → Highlands of Chiapas ⓘ
linked to: Chiapas Highlands
Oxchuc → locatedInRegion → Chiapas Highlands ⓘ
Tenam Puente → locatedInRegion → Chiapas Highlands ⓘ
Sitalá → partOf → Chiapas Highlands region ⓘ
linked to: Chiapas Highlands
Tenejapa → locatedIn → Chiapas Highlands ⓘ
San Juan Chamula → locatedIn → Chiapas Highlands ⓘ