Oxchuc

E889686

Oxchuc is a predominantly indigenous municipality in the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico, known for its Tzeltal Maya population, traditional customs, and community-based political organization.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Oxchuc canonical 3
Oxchuc, Chiapas 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
administrativeDivisionLevel municipality ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
ethnicGroup Tzeltal people ⓘ
governedBy municipal authorities elected by community norms ⓘ
governmentType municipal government ⓘ
hasClimate temperate highland climate ⓘ
hasCommunityAssemblies yes ⓘ
hasConflictHistory disputes over electoral system and customary law ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage Tzeltal Maya traditions ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Maya Highlands ⓘ
linked to: Guatemala Highlands
hasDemographicCharacteristic high proportion of indigenous language speakers ⓘ
predominantly rural population ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity handicrafts ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasFestivals traditional Maya-Catholic fiestas ⓘ
hasIndigenousAutonomyDemands yes ⓘ
hasIndigenousPopulation Tzeltal Maya ⓘ
hasLocalGovernment municipal council ⓘ
hasLocalNameLanguage Spanish ⓘ
Tzeltal ⓘ
linked to: Tzeltal language
hasMajorityPopulation indigenous peoples ⓘ
hasPopulationGroup Maya peoples ⓘ
hasReligiousTraditions syncretic Catholic and Maya practices ⓘ
hasSocialOrganization community assemblies and traditional cargos ⓘ
hasTraditionalCustoms Maya cultural practices ⓘ
hasTransportConnection road links to San Cristóbal de las Casas ⓘ
isMunicipalityOf Chiapas ⓘ
isPartOf Southeastern Mexico ⓘ
linked to: southeastern Mexico
languageSpoken Spanish ⓘ
Tzeltal ⓘ
linked to: Tzeltal language
legalStatus municipality recognized by the state of Chiapas ⓘ
locatedIn Chiapas ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory State of Chiapas ⓘ
locatedInCountry Mexico ⓘ
locatedInRegion Chiapas Highlands ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Daylight Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Time Zone

Central Standard Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Time Zone
partOf Los Altos de Chiapas ⓘ
politicalOrganization community-based system ⓘ
traditional customs and usages ⓘ
regionType highlands ⓘ
subdivisionType municipality of Mexico ⓘ
usesCustomaryLaw yes ⓘ
usesTraditionalAuthoritySelection yes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Altamirano, Chiapas → borderedBy → Oxchuc, Chiapas ⓘ
linked to: Oxchuc