Zacatecas

American  

[sah-kah-te-kahs] / ˌsɑ kɑˈtɛ kɑs /

noun

1. a state in central Mexico. 28,125 sq. mi. (72,845 sq. km).

2. the capital of this state.

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Zacatecas British  

/ θakaˈtekas /

noun

1. a state of N central Mexico, on the central plateau: rich mineral resources. Capital: Zacatecas. Pop: 1 351 207 (2000). Area: 75 040 sq km (28 973 sq miles)

2. a city in N central Mexico, capital of Zacatecas state: silver mines. Pop: 241 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

My maternal grandmother, Marcela Fernández, was born in 1914 in an Arizona copper town to parents who fled the Mexican Revolution before returning to their mountain pueblo in Zacatecas.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

The conflict-ridden states of Michoacán, Chiapas and Zacatecas have seen particularly high levels of displacement.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2026

The son of a Mexican immigrant from Zacatecas who came to this country without papers, Torres never had a full-time journalism job until this year, living a “Forrest Gump kind of life.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

It states that he was born in Mexico in 1951 and is decorated with stamps from the regular trips he takes to his home state of Zacatecas.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

Hardly had he reached his plantation in the midst of friends and faithful troops, when a revolt burst out in Jalisco, Agnas Calientes, Zacatecas, Sinaloa and Sonora, against his government, headed by General Paredes.

From Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California by Mayer, Brantz