Zacatecas

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administrative territorial entity federal state of Mexico

Zacatecas is a mountainous state in north-central Mexico known for its rich silver-mining history, colonial architecture, and location along the Sierra Madre Occidental.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form As subject As object
State of Zacatecas 0 2
state of Zacatecas 0 2
Estado de Zacatecas 0 1
Zacatecas (state) 0 1
Zacatecas mining district 0 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity →
federal state of Mexico →
capital Zacatecas City →
capitalOf Zacatecas City →
climateType semi-arid →
continent North America →
country Mexico →
countrySubdivisionOf Mexico →
currency Mexican peso →
elevationCharacteristic high plateau →
governmentType state government within federal republic →
hasExecutiveHead Governor of Zacatecas →
hasHistoricEconomicActivity agriculture →
livestock ranching →
silver refining →
hasLegislature Congress of Zacatecas →
hasMajorCity Fresnillo →
Guadalupe →
Jerez de García Salinas →
Rio Grande →
surface form: Río Grande

Sombrerete →
hasMiningDistrict Fresnillo →
surface form: Fresnillo mining district

Zacatecas self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Zacatecas mining district
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Historic Centre of Zacatecas →
historicalIndustry mining →
silver extraction →
knownFor colonial architecture →
historic city of Zacatecas →
silver mining →
languageOfficial Spanish →
locatedIn north-central Mexico →
locatedInGeologicProvince Sierra Madre Occidental →
surface form: Sierra Madre Occidental region
locatedInRegion Bajío and northern Mexico transition zone →
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone →
surface form: Central Standard Time
locatedNear Sierra Madre Occidental →
locatedOn Mexican Plateau →
mountainous true →
officialName Zacatecas self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Estado de Zacatecas
partOf Mexico →
surface form: United Mexican States
primaryReligion Roman Catholicism →
sharesBorderWith Aguascalientes →
Coahuila →
Durango →
Jalisco →
Nayarit →
Nuevo León →
San Luis Potosí →
subdivisionType state →

Referenced by (20)

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

Jalisco → borders → Zacatecas →
Coahuila → bordersMexicanState → Zacatecas →
San Luis Potosí → bordersWith → Zacatecas →
this entity surface form: State of Zacatecas
Nayarit → hasBorderWith → Zacatecas →
Zacatecas → hasMiningDistrict → Zacatecas self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Zacatecas mining district
Northern Mexico → hasPart → Zacatecas →
Western Mexico → hasState → Zacatecas →
Mexican Plateau → majorCity → Zacatecas →
Zacatecas → officialName → Zacatecas self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Estado de Zacatecas
Chihuahuan Desert → passesThrough → Zacatecas →
this entity surface form: Zacatecas (state)
Mexican Plateau → passesThrough → Zacatecas →
New Galicia → presentIn → Zacatecas →
this entity surface form: state of Zacatecas
Durango → sharesBorderWith → Zacatecas →
this entity surface form: State of Zacatecas
Huichol → spokenIn → Zacatecas →
this entity surface form: state of Zacatecas