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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Huixtán canonical 4

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

indigenous Maya beliefs

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