Zacatecas

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Zacatecas
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 / 23.300; -102.700
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 • Bennelly Hernández Ruedas (1st) • Miguel Ángel Varela Pinedo (2nd) • Alfredo Femat Bañuelos (3rd) • Carolina Dávila Ramírez (4th)
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 • 346 • 433 • 437 • 457 • 458 • 463 • 467 • 478 • 492 • 493 • 494 • 496 • 498 • 499
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.