The Zoque are an
indigenous people of
Mexico; they speak variants of the
Zoque languages. This group consists of 41,609 people, according to the 2000 census. They live in the northeast of Chiapas, mainly in the towns of Amatán, Copainalá, Chapultenango, Francisco León, Ixhuatán, Ixtacomitán, Jitotol, Ocotepec, Ostuacán, Pantepec, Rayón, Totolapa, Tapilula, Tecpatán, Acala, Blanca rosa, and Ocozocoautla. They also live in the northern part of the
Isthmus of Tehuantepec, in the state of Oaxaca. Their
language is also called Zoque, and has several branches and dialects. The Zoque are related to the
Mixe. They follow the
Roman Catholic religion.
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