The Tojolabal are a
Maya people
The Maya peoples () are an ethnolinguistic group of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica. The ancient Maya civilization was formed by members of this group, and today's Maya are generally descended from people ...
of the Mexican state of
Chiapas
Chiapas (; Tzotzil and Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises 124 municipalities ...
. They traditionally speak the
Tojolabal language.
Population density
The Tojolabal people are spread across the state of
Chiapas
Chiapas (; Tzotzil and Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises 124 municipalities ...
,
Mexico
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.
Las Margaritas is believed to have the largest group of Tojolabal, with the next largest in
population density
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being
. Around the municipalities, there are 439 Tojolabal villages in which most of the population resides.
[dice.missouri.edu/docs/mayan/Tojolabal.pdf]
Archaeology
The Tojolabal people are known for the ancient site of
K'atepan, a temple plaza against a mountainside which can be accessed by large stairways.
See also
*
Wajxaklajun
References
Populated places in Chiapas
Indigenous peoples in Mexico
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