Huixtán

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Huixtán is a town in the Mexican state of Chiapas known as an important center of the indigenous Tzotzil community.

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Label Occurrences
Huixtán canonical 3

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
administrativeDivisionLevel municipality-level settlement
belongsTo United Mexican States NERFINISHED
continent North America
country Mexico
countrySubdivision Mexico NERFINISHED
demographicCharacteristic Tzotzil-speaking majority
majority indigenous population
elevationAboveSeaLevel highland region of Chiapas
ethnicGroup Tzotzil Maya NERFINISHED
governmentType municipal government
hasClimate temperate highland climate
hasCulturalRegion Maya area
hasEconomicActivity bean cultivation
maize cultivation
small-scale trade
subsistence farming
hasIndigenousCommunity Tzotzil people NERFINISHED
hasLocalGovernment ayuntamiento (municipal council)
hasMunicipalStatusIn Chiapas NERFINISHED
hasSettlementType rural town
isMunicipalSeatOf Huixtán Municipality NERFINISHED
isPartOf Soconusco and Highlands cultural area NERFINISHED
knownFor Tzotzil indigenous culture
handicrafts
traditional agriculture
languageSpoken Spanish
Tzotzil NERFINISHED
locatedIn Chiapas NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeEntity State of Chiapas NERFINISHED
locatedInCountry Mexico
locatedInGeographicalRegion Sierra Madre de Chiapas foothills NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
surface form: Central Standard Time
observesDaylightSavingTime Central Daylight Time NERFINISHED
partOf Los Altos de Chiapas NERFINISHED
regionType indigenous region
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism

indigenous Maya beliefs

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