Tierra Caliente region

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The Tierra Caliente region is a hot, lowland area of western Mexico known for its agriculture, distinctive cultural traditions, and, in recent decades, significant drug-related violence.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tierra Caliente 2
Tierra Caliente region canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
associatedWith drug cartels ⓘ
self-defense groups (autodefensas) ⓘ
borderedBy Sierra Madre del Sur ⓘ
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
climate hot ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culturalElement distinctive cowboy dress ⓘ
regional sones and gustos music ⓘ
string-band ensembles ⓘ
zapateado dance traditions ⓘ
economicActivity cattle ranching ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
elevation lowland ⓘ
hasClimateCharacteristic high temperatures year-round ⓘ
pronounced dry season ⓘ
hasIndigenousPresence Mixtec communities ⓘ
Nahua communities ⓘ
linked to: Nahua

Purépecha communities ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Balsas River ⓘ
Río Apatzingán ⓘ
Río Tepalcatepec ⓘ
knownFor agriculture ⓘ
distinctive cultural traditions ⓘ
drug-related violence ⓘ
organized crime activity ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Mexican lowlands ⓘ
western Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Western Mexico
nameMeaning hot land ⓘ
partOf Balsas River basin ⓘ
state of Colima ⓘ
state of Guerrero ⓘ
linked to: State of Guerrero

state of Jalisco ⓘ
state of Michoacán ⓘ
linked to: State of Michoacán

state of México ⓘ
linked to: State of Mexico
securityIssue extortion ⓘ
high homicide rates ⓘ
kidnapping ⓘ
timePeriodOfIntenseViolence early 21st century ⓘ
typicalCrop limes ⓘ
maize ⓘ
mangoes ⓘ
melons ⓘ
sesame ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apatzingán → partOf → Tierra Caliente region ⓘ
Southern campaign of the Mexican War of Independence → notableRegion → Tierra Caliente ⓘ
linked to: Tierra Caliente region
Guerrero region → contains → Tierra Caliente ⓘ
linked to: Tierra Caliente region