Milpa Alta
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Milpa Alta is a largely rural borough in the southern part of Mexico City, known for its traditional agriculture, especially nopal cactus cultivation, and strong preservation of indigenous customs.
Aliases (2)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative territorial entity
→
borough of Mexico City → |
| borderedBy |
Morelos
→
State of Mexico → Tlalpan → Tláhuac → Xochimilco → |
| climate | temperate highland climate → |
| continent | North America → |
| country | Mexico → |
| elevation | high-altitude plateau region → |
| governedBy | Borough government of Milpa Alta → |
| hasAdministrativeCenter |
Milpa Alta
→
surface form: "Villa Milpa Alta"
|
| hasCapital |
Milpa Alta
→
surface form: "Villa Milpa Alta"
|
| hasCulturalHeritage |
indigenous festivals
→
traditional cuisine → traditional dress → traditional music → |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture
→
local commerce → nopal processing → |
| hasEthnicGroup | indigenous Nahua people → |
| hasFestival |
nopal-related fairs
→
religious patron saint festivals → |
| hasIndigenousLanguage |
Nahuan languages
→
surface form: "Nahuatl"
|
| hasMajorCrop |
beans
→
maize → nopal cactus → squash → |
| hasOfficialLanguage | Spanish → |
| hasProtectedArea | conservation zones for native vegetation → |
| hasReligion | Roman Catholicism → |
| hasSettlementType | largely rural area → |
| hasTraditionalPractice |
communal land management
→
ejido agriculture → use of Nahuatl in ceremonies → |
| hasTransportConnection | road links to central Mexico City → |
| hasVegetation |
maguey
→
oak-pine forest remnants → |
| knownFor |
nopal cactus cultivation
→
preservation of indigenous customs → rural character → traditional agriculture → |
| locatedIn | southern part of Mexico City → |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Mexico City → |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central Daylight Time
→
Central Time Zone →
surface form: "Central Standard Time"
|
| partOf | Mexico City → |
| subdivisionOf |
Distrito Federal
→
surface form: "Federal District of Mexico City"
|
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Milpa Alta borough"
this entity surface form: "Villa Milpa Alta"
this entity surface form: "Villa Milpa Alta"