Zapata is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Zapata County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,383 at the 2020 census. As an unincorporated community, Zapata has no municipal government, but like all 254 Texas counties has four elected county commissioners chosen by single-member districts and a countywide elected administrative judge. Zapata is situated 3 miles north of Falcon Lake.

Falcon Lake

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Zapata, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude

26.87171° or 26° 52′ 18″ north

Longitude

-99.25559° or 99° 15′ 20″ west

Elevation

364 feet (111 metres)

Open location code

76R2VPCV+MQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 151633193

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4690056

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