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Zacatecas | |
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State | |
| Free and Sovereign State of Zacatecas Estado Libre y Soberano de Zacatecas (Spanish) | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Motto: Labor Vincit Omnia(Work Conquers All) | |
| Anthem: Marcha de Zacatecas (English: "Zacatecas March") | |
 State of Zacatecas within Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 23°18′N 102°42′W / 23.300°N 102.700°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Capital and largest city | Zacatecas |
| Municipalities | 58 |
| Admission | December 23, 1823[1] |
| Order | 10th |
| Government | |
| • Governor |  David Monreal Ávila |
| • Senators[2] | María Soledad Luévano Cantú José Narro Céspedes Claudia Edith Anaya Mota |
| • Deputies[3] | Federal Deputies |
| Area [4] | |
| • Total | 75,284 km2 (29,067 sq mi) |
| Ranked 8th | |
| Highest elevation [5] (Cerro los Pelones) | 3,175 m (10,417 ft) |
| Population (2020)[6] | |
| • Total | 1,622,138 |
| • Rank | 25th |
| • Density | 22/km2 (56/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 25th |
| Demonym | Zacatecan |
| GDP [7] | |
| • Total | MXN 269 billion (US$14.4 billion) (2022) |
| • Per capita | (US$8,184) (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Postal codes | 98, 99 |
| Area code | Area codes 1 and 2 |
| ISO 3166 code | MX-ZAC |
| HDI |  0.760 high Ranked 24th |
| Website | Official Web Site |
Zacatecas ([sakaˈtekas] ⓘ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Zacatecas (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Zacatecas), is one of the 31 states of Mexico. It is divided into 58 municipalities and its capital city is Zacatecas.
It is located in north-central Mexico and is bordered by the states of Durango to the northwest, Coahuila to the north, Nayarit to the west, San Luis Potosí and Nuevo León to the east, and Jalisco, Guanajuato and Aguascalientes to the south. The state is best known for its rich deposits of silver and other minerals, its colonial architecture and its importance during the Mexican Revolution. Its main economic activities are mining, agriculture and tourism.
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- ^ "Senadores por Zacatecas LXI Legislatura". Senado de la Republica. Retrieved April 10, 2010.
- ^ "Listado de Diputados por Grupo Parlamentario del Estado de Zacatecas". Camara de Diputados. Archived from the original on December 24, 2018. Retrieved October 19, 2010.
- ^ "Resumen". cuentame.inegi.gob.mx. Cuentame INEGI. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
- ^ "Relieve". cuentame.inegi.gob.mx. Cuentame INEGI. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
- ^ "Población" [Population]. inegi.gob.mx (in Spanish). INEGI. January 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
- ^ Citibanamex (June 13, 2023). "Indicadores Regionales de Actividad Económica 2023" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved August 13, 2023.