Tenejapa

E891677

Tenejapa is a highland municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas known for its predominantly Tzeltal Maya population and rich indigenous cultural traditions.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tenejapa canonical 3
Tenejapa (town) 2
Chicoasén 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
populated place
administrativeDivisionOf Mexico
belongsTo municipalities of Chiapas
country Mexico
countrySubdivision Chiapas
ethnicGroup Tzeltal Maya
governmentType municipal government
hasCapital Tenejapa (town)
linked to: Tenejapa
hasCulturalEvent market day celebrations
patron saint festivals
hasCulturalHeritage Maya religious practices
community festivals
indigenous rituals
traditional markets
traditional textiles
hasDemographicCharacteristic predominantly rural population
hasEconomySector handicrafts
subsistence agriculture
hasIndigenousPopulation yes
hasMunicipalSeat Tenejapa (town)
linked to: Tenejapa
hasReligion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Maya syncretic religion
hasTraditionalDress Tzeltal attire
indigenousLanguage Tzeltal
linked to: Tzeltal language
isHighlandMunicipality yes
languageGroup Mayan languages
locatedIn Chiapas
Chiapas Highlands
Los Altos de Chiapas
southern Mexico
locatedInRegion Maya area
locatedInTimeZone Central Standard Time
linked to: Central Time Zone
locatedOnContinent North America
officialLanguage Spanish
partOf Mexican state of Chiapas
linked to: Chiapas
populationMajority Tzeltal Maya
terrain mountainous
usesUTCOffset UTC−06:00
usesUTCOffsetDST UTC−05:00

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Chicoasén Dam nearCity Chicoasén
linked to: Tenejapa
Los Altos de Chiapas contains Tenejapa
Tenejapa hasCapital Tenejapa (town)
linked to: Tenejapa
Tenejapa hasMunicipalSeat Tenejapa (town)
linked to: Tenejapa