San Andrés Larráinzar

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San Andrés Larráinzar is a highland town in Chiapas, Mexico, known as a cultural and political center for the Tzotzil Maya people.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
San Andrés Larráinzar canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
administrativeDivisionType municipality of Mexico
belongsTo indigenous municipalities of Chiapas
country Mexico
elevation highland
ethnicGroup Tzotzil Maya
linked to: Tzotzil
governedAs municipality of Chiapas
hasAlternativeName San Andrés
San Andrés Sakamch’en de los Pobres
hasClimate temperate highland climate
hasCulturalPractice Maya religious festivals
community assemblies
traditional Tzotzil dress
hasCulturalRegion Maya Highlands
linked to: Guatemala Highlands
hasDemographicCharacteristic predominantly rural population
hasHistoricalEvent negotiations between EZLN and Mexican government
hasIndigenousLanguage Tzotzil
hasLocalGovernment municipal council
hasMajorEthnolinguisticGroup Tzotzil speakers
hasOfficialLanguage Spanish
hasPopulationGroup indigenous majority
hasPostalCountryCode MX
hasPrimaryEconomicActivity bean cultivation
handicrafts
maize cultivation
subsistence agriculture
hasReligion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Maya traditional beliefs
Protestantism
isCulturalCenterFor Tzotzil Maya
linked to: Tzotzil
isKnownFor Tzotzil Maya traditions
indigenous culture
role in Zapatista peace process
isPoliticalCenterFor Tzotzil Maya
linked to: Tzotzil
isSiteOf San Andrés Accords signing
locatedIn Chiapas
Chiapas Highlands
Los Altos de Chiapas
locatedInRegion Los Altos region of Chiapas
locatedInTimeZone Central Daylight Time
linked to: Central Time Zone

Central Standard Time
linked to: Central Time Zone
locatedNear San Cristóbal de las Casas
locatedOnContinent North America
municipalSeatOf San Andrés Larráinzar Municipality
partOf State of Chiapas
UTCOffset −06:00
UTCOffsetDST −05:00

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

Tzotzil people majorSettlement San Andrés Larráinzar
Tzotzil spokenInMunicipality San Andrés Larráinzar