Tenejapa

E891677

Tenejapa is a highland municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas known for its predominantly Tzeltal Maya population and rich indigenous cultural traditions.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tenejapa canonical 3
Tenejapa (town) 2
Chicoasén 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Mexico ⓘ
belongsTo municipalities of Chiapas ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
countrySubdivision Chiapas ⓘ
ethnicGroup Tzeltal Maya ⓘ
governmentType municipal government ⓘ
hasCapital Tenejapa (town) ⓘ
linked to: Tenejapa
hasCulturalEvent market day celebrations ⓘ
patron saint festivals ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage Maya religious practices ⓘ
community festivals ⓘ
indigenous rituals ⓘ
traditional markets ⓘ
traditional textiles ⓘ
hasDemographicCharacteristic predominantly rural population ⓘ
hasEconomySector handicrafts ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasIndigenousPopulation yes ⓘ
hasMunicipalSeat Tenejapa (town) ⓘ
linked to: Tenejapa
hasReligion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Maya syncretic religion ⓘ
hasTraditionalDress Tzeltal attire ⓘ
indigenousLanguage Tzeltal ⓘ
linked to: Tzeltal language
isHighlandMunicipality yes ⓘ
languageGroup Mayan languages ⓘ
locatedIn Chiapas ⓘ
Chiapas Highlands ⓘ
Los Altos de Chiapas ⓘ
southern Mexico ⓘ
locatedInRegion Maya area ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Standard Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Time Zone
locatedOnContinent North America ⓘ
officialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
partOf Mexican state of Chiapas ⓘ
linked to: Chiapas
populationMajority Tzeltal Maya ⓘ
terrain mountainous ⓘ
usesUTCOffset UTC−06:00 ⓘ
usesUTCOffsetDST UTC−05:00 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Chicoasén Dam → nearCity → Chicoasén ⓘ
linked to: Tenejapa
Los Altos de Chiapas → contains → Tenejapa ⓘ
Tenejapa → hasCapital → Tenejapa (town) ⓘ
linked to: Tenejapa
Tenejapa → hasMunicipalSeat → Tenejapa (town) ⓘ
linked to: Tenejapa