Zapotec people facts for kids
The Zapotec are a native tribe of people from Mexico. People think there are between 300.000 and 400.000 people. Most of them live in the state of Oaxaca. Most of them speak either Zapotec dialect continuum or the Chatino language. Before Christopher Columbus came to America, the Zapotec civilisation was highly developed. It also included a system of writing.
- Malinowski, Sharon; Sheets, Anna, ed. (1998); "Zapotec" in The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes; Gale Research, Detroit, Michigan.
Images for kids
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General Heliodoro Charis.
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Map showing the location of the Zapotec Civilization, developed in the Pre-Columbian Era in Mesoamerica.
See also
In Spanish: Pueblo zapoteco para niños
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