Zapata

Zapata is a census-designated place in and the county seat of , 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.
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Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Town with 5,090 residents
  • Description: census designated place in and the county seat of Zapata County, Texas, United States
  • Also known as: “Carrizo”, “Zapata (Texas)”, “Zapata, Texas”, “Zapata, TX”, and “ザパタ”
  • Postal code: 78076

Places of Interest

Highlights: Zapata Cemetery.

Cemetery
Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 1½ miles southwest of Zapata.

Zapata

Latitude
26.91134° or 26° 54′ 41″ north
Longitude
-99.26934° or 99° 16′ 10″ west
Population
5,090
Elevation
397 feet (121 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US ZTA
Open location code
76R2WP6J+G7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151824364
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4743575
Wiki­data ID
Q967558
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Zapata” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “زابتا”
  • Basque: “Zapata”
  • Cebuano: “Zapata”
  • Chechen: “Запата”
  • Chinese: “薩帕塔”
  • Croatian: “Zapata”
  • Dutch: “Zapata”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “زابتا”
  • Esperanto: “Zapata”
  • French: “Zapata”
  • German: “Zapata”
  • Gilaki: “زاپاتا”
  • Greek: “Ζαπάτα”
  • Haitian: “Zapata, Texas”
  • Haitian: “Zapata”
  • Hungarian: “Zapata”
  • Irish: “Zapata, Texas”
  • Irish: “Zapata”
  • Italian: “Zapata”
  • Japanese: “サバタ”
  • Ladin: “Zapata”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Zapata”
  • Persian: “زاپاتا”
  • Persian: “زپاتا”
  • Polish: “Zapata”
  • Portuguese: “Zapata”
  • Romanian: “Zapata”
  • Russian: “Запата”
  • Serbian: “Запата”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zapata, Texas”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zapata”
  • South Azerbaijani: “زاپاتا، تکزاس”
  • Spanish: “Zapata”
  • Swedish: “Zapata, Texas”
  • Swedish: “Zapata”
  • Tatar: “Запата”
  • Ukrainian: “Запата”
  • Urdu: “زاپاٹا، ٹیکساس”
  • Volapük: “Zapata”
  • “Zapata”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and Zapata Sesquicentennial Trail Park.

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