Zacaco Republic
Zacaco Republic ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ป๐๐ฐ๐ป๐ฌ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฌ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฌ Tlacatlatocayotl Zacaco | |
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 Flag | |
| Motto: Paradise of Mountains, Maize and Sea | |
| Anthem: Infinite Milpa | |
| Capital and | Tequitinitlan |
| Official languages | Nahuatl Purรฉpecha |
| Recognised national languages | Quechua |
| Ethnic groups (2020) | Nahuas Purรฉpecha Aymara Kayan |
| Demonym(s) | Zacatecs |
| Government | Constituent Republic |
โข Techiuhqui | Ahuizotl Namakal |
| Legislature | Zacaco Nenonotzaloyan |
| Constituent of Zacapican | |
The Zacaco Republic (Nahuatl: ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ป๐๐ฐ๐ป๐ฌ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฌ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฌ, Tlacatlatocayotl Zacaco) is one of the nine constituent republics of the United Zacapine Republics. It is located in the west of the country, defined by a long length of coastline along the western seaboard and the vast Zacaco basin in its interior. Zacaco is the largest of the Zacapine republics by population, home to nearly 30% of the Zacapine population or roughly 21 million inhabitants. The second and fourth largest cities in the country, Tequitinitlan and Tecolotlan, are located in the Zacaco Republic, with Tequitinitlan serving as its capital city. The national capital, Quitzapatzaro, was formerly included in what was considered Zacaco but would be separated into an autonomous federal district following the Revolution which now bisects the Zacaco coastline. Zacaco directly borders Cuauhtlaco to the northwest, Ayomazaco to the northeast, Xochicuauhuico to the east and Tlaximallico to the south, as well as the Autonomous Federal District of Quitzapatzaro within its western coast and the southern Makrian ocean beyond.
The plains within the central basin of the Republic's territory give the region and the state itself its name Zacaco, meaning a land of grass. This flat, elongated central valley within the territory of the modern Zacaco Republic, known as the Zacaco Valley, is highly fertile with good soil quality and a ready supply of water from the numerous rivers which enter the basin from the surrounding mountains and highlands. The Zacaco Valley has always been the breadbasket of the entire region, being by far the most productive agricultural region in Zacapican. Thanks to a high density of population and numerous major cities located within the valley, this region has also become one of the prime industrial zones of the Zacapine economy for a wide variety of manufacturing and processing. Zacaco has the largest economy and highest GDP of all the Zacapine republics, leaving the Aztaco Republic in as the second larghest Zacapine economy although it exceeds Zacaco in GDP per capita.
As the home of a large portion of the entire Zacapine population, the Zacaco republic bears a large proportion of the ethnic diversity of the country. In addition to the ethnic Nahuas found across all of Zacapican, coastal Zacaco is the homeland of the Purรฉpecha and plays host to more than 60% of all ethnic Purรฉpecha Zacapinos. Many Caxcan, Xi'oi , Zacateco and other indigenous groups from other regions of Zacapican have also come to call the Zacaco Republic home, emigrating during the region's industrialization in search of new opportunities. Likewise, immigration from outside Zacapican has brought Kayan ethnic groups into the region primarily consisting of ethnic Kayan and Aymara minority peoples from central and southern Kayahallpa. With its mixture of agricultural and industrial economic activities, sparsely populated mountainous interior, thriving maritime connections and great ethnic and cultural diversity, the Zacaco Republic is a microcosm of Zacapican.