Corsica, SD Profile: Facts, Map & Data. Corsica, South Dakota - Basic Facts. The City of Corsica had a population of 626 as of July 1, 2016. Corsica ranks in the lower quartile for Diversity Index when compared to the other cities, towns and Census Designated Places (CDPs) in South Dakota. See peer rankings below. The primary coordinate point for Corsica is located at latitude 43.4222 and longitude -98.4074 in Douglas County.
ZAPATA, TX. ZAPATA, TEXAS. Zapata, the county seat of Zapata County, is on U.S. Highway 83 and the shores of International Falcon Reservoir, fifty miles south of Laredo. The first European settlers in the area were residents of Revilla (now Ciudad Guerrero), Mexico.
Zapata assassinated in Mexico. Share this: Emiliano Zapata, a leader of peasants and indigenous people during the Mexican Revolution, is ambushed and shot to death in Morelos by government forces. Born a peasant in 1879, Zapata was forced into the Mexican army in 1908 following his attempt to recover village lands taken over by a rancher. After the revolution began in 1910, he raised an army of peasants in the southern state of Morelos under the slogan âLand and Liberty.â