Chenalhó

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Chenalhó is a municipality in the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico, known as a traditional center of Tzotzil Maya culture and community life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
administrativeDivisionOf Chiapas NERFINISHED
administrativeLevel municipality-level division in Mexico
belongsToCulturalArea Mesoamerica NERFINISHED
capital Chenalhó (town) NERFINISHED
climate temperate highland climate
country Mexico
countrySubdivisionCode MX-CHP
culturalHeritage Maya customs
Tzotzil traditions
culturalRegion Maya Highlands NERFINISHED
demographicCharacteristic predominantly indigenous population
elevationCharacteristic highland
ethnicGroup Tzotzil Maya NERFINISHED
geographicFeature mountainous terrain
governingBody municipal council of Chenalhó NERFINISHED
hasIndigenousLanguageMajority Tzotzil NERFINISHED
hasIndigenousMajority yes
hasMunicipalGovernment ayuntamiento de Chenalhó NERFINISHED
hasMunicipalSeat Chenalhó (town) NERFINISHED
hasOfficialLanguage Spanish NERFINISHED
hasPostalCountry Mexico NERFINISHED
knownFor Tzotzil Maya culture
indigenous community life
languageSpoken Spanish
Tzotzil NERFINISHED
locatedIn Chiapas NERFINISHED
Chiapas Highlands NERFINISHED
Los Altos de Chiapas NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
surface form: Central Standard Time
locatedOnContinent North America
partOf state of Chiapas NERFINISHED
populationCharacteristic rural
region Los Altos region of Chiapas NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism

Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism

indigenous Maya beliefs
settlementType municipality
subdivisionName Mexico NERFINISHED
subdivisionName1 Chiapas NERFINISHED
subdivisionType country
subdivisionType1 state
traditionalEconomicActivity coffee cultivation
maize cultivation
subsistence agriculture
uses Mexican peso NERFINISHED
utcOffset −06:00
utcOffsetDst −05:00

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Tzotzil people majorSettlement Chenalhó
Tzotzil spokenInMunicipality Chenalhó