Mazapil
City & municipal seat in Zacatecas, Mexico
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Mazapil is a locality in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. It serves as the municipal seat of the eponymous Mazapil Municipality.
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Entrance to Mazapil | |
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| Coordinates: 24°38′18″N 101°33′19″W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Zacatecas |
| Municipality | Mazapil |
| Founded | 1568 |
| Elevation | 2,268 m (7,441 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,262 |
| Area code | 842 |
Etymology
History
The original inhabitants of the Mazapil valley were nomadic Chichimeca peoples known to the Spaniards as Guachichiles. Francisco de Ibarra reached the area in 1554. In 1562, Pedro de Ahumada y Samano reported finding the valley inhabited by 6000 native warriors armed with bows and arrows. Silver mines were first established in the valley in the late 1560s.[3]
Mazapil became the seat of its namesake municipality, which was one of Zacatecas's eleven original subdivisions (then known as partidos) when the state's constitution was enacted in 1825.[4]
Demographics
Economy
The main economic activities in Mazapil are mining and agriculture.[2]