Huixtán

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Huixtán is a town in the Mexican state of Chiapas known as an important center of the indigenous Tzotzil community.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Huixtán canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
administrativeDivisionLevel municipality-level settlement ⓘ
belongsTo United Mexican States ⓘ
linked to: Mexican Federation
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
countrySubdivision Mexico ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic Tzotzil-speaking majority ⓘ
majority indigenous population ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel highland region of Chiapas ⓘ
ethnicGroup Tzotzil Maya ⓘ
linked to: Tzotzil
governmentType municipal government ⓘ
hasClimate temperate highland climate ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Maya area ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity bean cultivation ⓘ
maize cultivation ⓘ
small-scale trade ⓘ
subsistence farming ⓘ
hasIndigenousCommunity Tzotzil people ⓘ
hasLocalGovernment ayuntamiento (municipal council) ⓘ
hasMunicipalStatusIn Chiapas ⓘ
hasSettlementType rural town ⓘ
isMunicipalSeatOf Huixtán Municipality ⓘ
isPartOf Soconusco and Highlands cultural area ⓘ
knownFor Tzotzil indigenous culture ⓘ
handicrafts ⓘ
traditional agriculture ⓘ
languageSpoken Spanish ⓘ
Tzotzil ⓘ
locatedIn Chiapas ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity State of Chiapas ⓘ
locatedInCountry Mexico ⓘ
locatedInGeographicalRegion Sierra Madre de Chiapas foothills ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Standard Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Time Zone
observesDaylightSavingTime Central Daylight Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Time Zone
partOf Los Altos de Chiapas ⓘ
regionType indigenous region ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

indigenous Maya beliefs ⓘ

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