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Zacatecas

Zacatecas is a state in the region of . The state is best known for its rich deposits of silver and other minerals, its colonial architecture and its importance during the Mexican Revolution.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Zacatecas and Fresnillo.

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, the capital of the state of the same name, is a city of 138,000 people in the region of . The town offers a rich travel experience with its historical downtown centro full of colonial architecture, 17th century churches, innovative restaurants and lively night clubs.

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is a mid-size city in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. The city boasts a colonial downtown core, several cultural traditions with lively local festivals, one of the largest silver mines in the world, and is an important transportation hub for central Zacatecas.

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is a mid-size city of more than 200,000 inhabitants that is a suburb of in the Bajio region of Mexico. has been designated as one of Mexico's .

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Sombrerete and Jerez de Garcia Salinas.

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Established as a mining centre in colonial times, the city of is a city of 25,000 people in . It is a traditional town whose historical centre is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The river Diezmo runs through the city.

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Jerez de García Salinas is a town of 46,000 people in the historic mining state of Zacatecas. It is the center of a rural area noted for its production of fruit trees and dairy.

, sometimes known as Nochistlan de Mejia, is a small town in the southern part of Mexico's state of Zacatecas. It is a charming colonial town that is popular among couples as a romantic weekend getaway.

is a colonial town in the state of Zacatecas in western . It is a picturesque small town with colonial architecture, narrow cobblestone streets, and some beautiful old churches from the colonial era.

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is a small town with a long history in southwestern Zacatecas, Mexico. The town has been continuously occupied since 200 BC, though the history of its occupation is filled with holes and mystery.

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is a small historic town in the state of Zacatecas in the region of Mexico. Rich in colonial history, the town was once a silver mining center that was part of the historic Camino Real de Tierra Adentro.

is a small city of about 13,600 in the southernmost part of Zacatecas in Central . The town is a peaceful, romantic town with colonial era buildings and cobblestone streets.

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is a scenic park with hundreds of unusual rock formations in the states of Zacatecas and , . The park territory is about evenly split between the two states, but most visitors enter via in Zacatecas.
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Zacatecas

Latitude of center
23.0916° or 23° 5′ 30″ north
Longitude of center
-102.9334° or 102° 56′ 0″ west
Population
1,620,000
Elevation
2,061 metres (6,762 feet)
Abbreviation
“ZAC”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 305626899
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
3979840
Wiki­data ID
Q80269
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Zacatecas” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Zacatecas”
  • Arabic: “ولاية زاكاتيكاس”
  • Arabic: “ولايه زاكاتيكاس”
  • Aragonese: “Estato de Zacatecas”
  • Aragonese: “Estau de Zacatecas”
  • Armenian: “Սակատեկաս”
  • Asturian: “Zacatecas”
  • Aymara: “Zacatecas Istadu”
  • Balinese: “Zacatecas”
  • Basque: “Zacatecas estatua”
  • Basque: “Zacatecas”
  • Belarusian: “Сакатэкас”
  • Belarusian: “Штат Сакатэкас”
  • Bengali: “সাকাতেকাস”
  • Breton: “Zacatecas”
  • Bulgarian: “Закатекас”
  • Bulgarian: “Сакатекас”
  • Catalan: “Estat de Zacatecas”
  • Cebuano: “Estado de Zacatecas”
  • Chechen: “Сакатекас (штат)”
  • Chechen: “Сакатекас”
  • Cheyenne: “Zacatecas”
  • Chinese: “Zacatecas Chiu”
  • Chinese: “萨卡特卡斯州”
  • Chinese: “薩卡特卡斯州”
  • Cornish: “Zacatecas”
  • Croatian: “Zacatecas”
  • Czech: “Zacatecas”
  • Danish: “Zacatecas”
  • Dutch: “Zacatecas”
  • Esperanto: “Zacatecas”
  • Esperanto: “Zakateko”
  • Estonian: “Zacatecase osariik”
  • Estonian: “Zacatecasi osariik”
  • Finnish: “Zacatecas”
  • French: “Estado Libre y Soberano de Zacatecas”
  • French: “Etat de Zacatecas”
  • French: “État du Zacatecas”
  • French: “MX-ZAC”
  • French: “Zacatecas (État)”
  • French: “Zacatecas”
  • Galician: “Estado de Zacatecas”
  • Georgian: “საკატეკასი”
  • Georgian: “საკატეკასის შტატი”
  • German: “MX-ZAC”
  • German: “Zacatecas”
  • Greek: “Ζακατέκας”
  • Greek: “Σακατέκας”
  • Guarani: “Zacatecas”
  • Gujarati: “ઝેકાટેકાસ”
  • Hausa: “Yanayin yanayi na Zacatecas”
  • Hebrew: “סקטקס”
  • Hindi: “ज़काटेकास”
  • Hungarian: “Zacatecas”
  • Icelandic: “Zacatecas”
  • Ido: “Zacatecas”
  • Iloko: “Zacatecas”
  • Indonesian: “Zacatecas”
  • Interlingua: “Zacatecas”
  • Irish: “Zacatecas”
  • Italian: “Zacatecas”
  • Japanese: “サカテカス州”
  • Kannada: “ಝಕಟೆಕಾಸ್”
  • Korean: “사카테카스주”
  • Ladino: “Zacatecas”
  • Ladino: “Zakatekas”
  • Latin: “Zacatecae”
  • Latvian: “Sakatekasa”
  • Lithuanian: “Sakatekas”
  • Lithuanian: “Sakatekasas”
  • Lithuanian: “Sakateko valstija”
  • Macedonian: “Закатекас”
  • Malagasy: “Zacatecas”
  • Malay: “Zacatecas”
  • Maltese: “Zacatecas”
  • Marathi: “झाकातेकास”
  • Marathi: “साकातेकास”
  • Mazanderani: “ساکاتکاس”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Zacatecas Chiu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Zacatecas (Bundesstoot)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Zacatecas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Estado Libre y Soberano de Zacatecas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zacatecas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zacetecas by”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Delstaten Zacatecas”
  • Norwegian: “Zacatecas”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Zacatecas”
  • Ossetian: “Сакатекас (штат)”
  • Ossetian: “Сакатекас”
  • Pampanga: “Zacatecas”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਾਕਾਤੇਕਾਸ”
  • Persian: “زاکاتکاس”
  • Persian: “ساکاتکاس”
  • Piemontese: “Zacatecas”
  • Polish: “Zacatecas”
  • Portuguese: “Estado de Zacatecas”
  • Portuguese: “Zacatecas”
  • Quechua: “Zacatecas suyu”
  • Romanian: “Zacatecas”
  • Romansh: “Zacatecas”
  • Russian: “Сакатекас”
  • Scots: “Zacatecas”
  • Serbian: “Estado de Zacatecas”
  • Serbian: “Држава Закатекас”
  • Serbian: “Закатекас”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Država Zakatekas”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zacatecas”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zakatekas”
  • Sindhi: “زاڪاٽيڪاس”
  • Sinhala: “සකටෙකාස්”
  • Sinhala: “සැකටෙකාස් ප්‍රාන්තය, මෙක්සිකෝව”
  • Slovak: “Zacatecas”
  • Slovenian: “Zacateras”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Zacatecas”
  • Spanish: “Zacatecano”
  • Spanish: “Zacatecas”
  • Swahili: “Zacatecas”
  • Swedish: “Zacatecas”
  • Tagalog: “Zacatecas”
  • Tamil: “சாக்காடேஸாஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Сакатекас (штат)”
  • Tatar: “Сакатекас”
  • Telugu: “జకాటెకాస్”
  • Thai: “Zacatecas”
  • Thai: “รัฐซากาเตกัส”
  • Tumbuka: “Zacatecas”
  • Turkish: “Zacatecas”
  • Ukrainian: “Сакатекас”
  • Urdu: “زاکاٹیکاس”
  • Uzbek: “Sakatekas”
  • Venetian: “Zacatecas (stato)”
  • Venetian: “Zacatecas”
  • Vietnamese: “Zacatecas”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Zacatecas”
  • Welsh: “Zacatecas”
  • Western Panjabi: “زکاٹیکاس”
  • Wu Chinese: “萨卡特卡斯州”
  • Yue Chinese: “薩卡特卡斯州”
  • “Mahkawtok Tlahtohkayotl tlen Sakatekah”
  • “Mahkawtok Tlatilantli tlen Sakatekah”
  • “Sakatekah”
  • “Sakatekah Tlahtohkayotl”
  • “Sakatekah Tlatilantli”
  • “Sakatekapan”
  • “Zacatecas”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Zacatecas”. Photo: Oscarthepatron, CC BY-SA 3.0.