Emiliano Zapata is a town and its surrounding

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the

Mexican state A Mexican State (), officially the Free and Sovereign State (), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, a ...

Tlaxcala Tlaxcala, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tlaxcala, is one of the 32 federal entities that comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Tlaxcala, 60 municipalities and t ...

.2010 census tables: INEGI
As of the 2010 census, the municipality had a total population of 4,146 inhabitants. The town of Emiliano Zapata had a population of 2,843 inhabitants. The town stands at an official elevation of 2,884 meters (9,462 ft.), the highest of any municipal seat in Mexico.

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{{Tlaxcala Municipalities of Tlaxcala