Mezcala de la Asunción

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Mezcala de la Asunción is a lakeside community in Jalisco, Mexico, known for its indigenous Mezcala heritage and its location on the northern shore of Lake Chapala.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mezcala 1
Mezcala de la Asunción canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
lakeside community
country Mexico
economyBasedOn fishing
local tourism
small-scale agriculture
ethnicGroup Mezcala community
hasCollectiveLandOwnership ejido system
hasCulturalEvent Lake-related traditional celebrations
local religious fiestas
hasCulturalHeritage Lake Chapala fishing culture
indigenous communal land traditions
hasHeritageStatus recognized indigenous community at state level
hasIndigenousHeritage Mezcala people
hasIndigenousLanguage Coca language
hasNearbyIsland Isla de Mezcala
hasOfficialLanguage Spanish
hasReligiousTradition Roman Catholicism
hasTraditionalActivity artisanal fishing on Lake Chapala
communal festivities on the lakeshore
hasTypeOfSettlement rural community
locatedEastOf Guadalajara
locatedIn western Mexico
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Jalisco
locatedInGeographicFeature Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
locatedInRegion Ciénega region
locatedInTimeZone Central Daylight Time
linked to: Central Time Zone

Central Standard Time
linked to: Central Time Zone
locatedOn north shore of Lake Chapala
locatedOnBodyOfWater Lake Chapala
locatedOnNorthernShoreOf Lake Chapala
partOf municipality of Poncitlán

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Referenced by (2)

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

Lake Chapala hasShorelineCommunity Mezcala de la Asunción
Poncitlán Municipality hasSettlement Mezcala
linked to: Mezcala de la Asunción