Yajalón

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Yajalón is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, known as an important cultural and population center for the Tzeltal Maya people.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Yajalón canonical 2
Yajalón (town) 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality of Mexico
town in Mexico
administrativeDivisionOf Chiapas
capital Yajalón (town)
linked to: Yajalón
continent North America
country Mexico
ethnicGroup Tzeltal Maya
governingBody municipal government of Yajalón
hasCapital Yajalón (town)
linked to: Yajalón
hasCulturalHeritage Tzeltal Maya traditions
hasCulturalSignificance important center for Tzeltal Maya culture
hasDemonym yajalonense
hasGovernmentType municipal government in Mexico
hasIndigenousCommunity Tzeltal
linked to: Tzeltal language
hasIndigenousLanguage Tzeltal
linked to: Tzeltal language
hasIndigenousPopulation Tzeltal Maya
hasOfficialLanguage Spanish
hasPrimaryEconomicActivities agriculture
commerce
hasReligiousTraditions Catholicism mixed with Maya customs
hasSettlementType municipality
town
hasTimezoneUTCOffset UTC−6
hasTimezoneUTCOffsetDST UTC−5
isCulturalCenterFor Tzeltal Maya people
linked to: Tzeltal people
isMunicipalityOf Chiapas
isPartOf Highlands and jungle region of Chiapas
isPopulationCenterFor Tzeltal Maya people
linked to: Tzeltal people
isRecognizedAs important cultural and population center for Tzeltal Maya people
isTownOf Yajalón Municipality
languageUsed Spanish
Tzeltal
linked to: Tzeltal language
locatedIn Chiapas
Tzeltal Maya cultural region
locatedInAdministrativeEntity State of Chiapas
locatedInCountry Mexico
locatedInGeopoliticalEntity United Mexican States
linked to: Mexican Federation
locatedInState Chiapas
locatedInTimeZone Central Daylight Time
linked to: Central Time Zone

Central Standard Time
linked to: Central Time Zone
partOf Soconusco and Chiapas region
linked to: Soconusco
subdivisionName Yajalón Municipality
subdivisionType municipality
town

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

Yajalón hasCapital Yajalón (town)
linked to: Yajalón
Yajalón capital Yajalón (town)
linked to: Yajalón