Zapata, Texas

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 CDP - Census Designated Place, county seat
Zapata is a census-designated place (CDP) in Zapata County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,089 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Zapata County. Zapata was named for Colonel Antonio Zapata, the revolutionary commander who served in the cavalry of the Republic of the Rio Grande, of which the town was a part.

See the TSHA Handbook of Texas Online for more historical information:
www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hgz01

For detailed demographic information:
www.city-data.com/city/Zapata-Texas.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapata,_Texas
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Coordinates:   26°54'25"N   99°15'41"W
This article was last modified 11 years ago