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San Juan Chamula
Also known as Chamula
San Juan Chamula is a municipality and township in the Mexican state of Chiapas. It is situated some from San Cristóbal de las Casas. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 76,941. Virtually the entire population of the municipality is indigenous and speaks an indigenous language. In 2010, the census reported that 99.5% of the population age 3 years or older speaks an indigenous language. The Tzotzil people and language dominate the municipality.
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- Chamula
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- Municipality
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- Mexico
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- above
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- 300
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- Location in Mexico
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- Templo de San Juan Chamula
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- Templo de San Juan Chamula
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- Country
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- State
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- Chiapas
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San Juan Chamula is a municipality and township in the Mexican state of Chiapas. It is situated some from San Cristóbal de las Casas. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 76,941. Virtually the entire population of the municipality is indigenous and speaks an indigenous language. In 2010, the census reported that 99.5% of the population age 3 years or older speaks an indigenous language. The Tzotzil people and language dominate the municipality.
==Geography== ===Location=== Chamula is located in the Chiapas highlands, at an altitude of . It is inhabited by the indigenous Tzotzil Maya people, whose Tzotzil language is one of the Mayan languages.
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