Mazapil
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Mazapil | |
|---|---|
  Mazapil Location of Mazapil  Mazapil Mazapil (Mexico) | |
| Coordinates: 24°38′18″N 101°33′19″W / 24.63833°N 101.55528°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Zacatecas |
| Municipality | Mazapil |
| Founded | 1568 |
| Elevation | 2,268 m (7,441 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 1,262 |
| Area code | 842 |
Mazapil is a locality in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. It serves as the municipal seat of the eponymous Mazapil Municipality.
Etymology[edit]
Mazapil's name derives from the Nahuatl place name Mazatlpilli, itself derived from mazatl "deer" and pilli "small".[2]
History[edit]
The original inhabitants of the Mazapil valley were nomadic Chichimeca peoples known to the Spaniards as Guachichiles. Francisco de Ibarra reached the area in 1554. In 1562, Pedro de Ahumada y Samano reported finding the valley inhabited by 6000 native warriors armed with bows and arrows. Silver mines were first established in the valley in the late 1560s.[3]
Mazapil became the seat of its namesake municipality, which was one of Zacatecas's eleven original subdivisions (then known as partidos) when the state's constitution was enacted in 1825.[4]
Demographics[edit]
Mazapil is one of the 175 localities in Mazapil Municipality,[1] and it is the only one that is classified as urban. Located in the northeast corner of the municipality, it recorded a population of 1,262 in the 2020 census,[5] up from 794 inhabitants in the 2010 Census.[6]
Economy[edit]
The main economic activities in Mazapil are mining and agriculture.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Sistema Nacional de Información Municipal" (in Spanish). SEGOB. 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Mazapil". Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México (in Spanish). INAFED. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Mazapil". Government of Mazapil. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ Estado de Zacatecas. División Territorial de 1810 a 1995 (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico: INEGI. 1996. p. 59. ISBN 970-13-1519-7.
- ^ "Mexico: Mazapil". City Population. 26 December 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ^ "Mazapil: Datos generales". Cédulas de información municipal (in Spanish). SEDESOL. 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
