Sitalá

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Sitalá is a rural municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas known for its predominantly Tzeltal Maya population and traditional indigenous culture.

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Sitalá canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
rural municipality ⓘ
belongsToEthnolinguisticRegion Tzeltal‑speaking area of Chiapas ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
governmentType municipal government ⓘ
hasClimate tropical ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage Maya traditions ⓘ
traditional indigenous culture ⓘ
hasDemographicCharacteristic predominantly indigenous population ⓘ
hasIndigenousAutonomyMovements present ⓘ
hasIndigenousDress traditional Tzeltal clothing ⓘ
hasIndigenousLanguage Tzeltal ⓘ
hasIndigenousPopulation yes ⓘ
hasLevelOfAdministrativeDivision local ⓘ
hasMajorEthnicGroup Tzeltal Maya ⓘ
hasMigrationPattern out‑migration to other Mexican states ⓘ
out‑migration to the United States ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
hasOralTradition Maya legends and stories ⓘ
hasPrimaryEconomicActivity small‑scale livestock raising ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasPrimaryEducationLanguage Spanish ⓘ
Tzeltal ⓘ
linked to: Tzeltal language
hasReligion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Maya syncretic practices ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
hasSettlementPattern dispersed rural communities ⓘ
hasSocioeconomicCharacteristic high marginalization ⓘ
high poverty levels ⓘ
hasTerrain mountainous ⓘ
hasTraditionalCrop beans ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
hasTraditionalEconomy milpa agriculture ⓘ
hasTraditionalFestivityType Catholic‑Maya syncretic festivals ⓘ
hasTraditionalHousingType adobe houses ⓘ
wooden houses ⓘ
isRural true ⓘ
locatedIn Chiapas ⓘ
southern Mexico ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity State of Chiapas ⓘ
locatedInGeographicalRegion Sierra region of Chiapas ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Standard Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Time Zone
partOf Chiapas Highlands region ⓘ
linked to: Chiapas Highlands
subdivisionOf Mexico ⓘ
subdivisionType municipality ⓘ
usesDaylightSavingTime UTC−05:00 ⓘ
usesTimeZone UTC−06:00 ⓘ

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