Chalcatongo de Hidalgo explained

Chalcatongo de Hidalgo
Settlement Type:Municipality and town
Mapsize:200px
Pushpin Map:Mexico
Pushpin Label Position:above
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Mexico
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mexico
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Oaxaca
Area Total Km2:111
Population As Of:2005
Population Total:2,091
Timezone:Central Standard Time
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:Central Daylight Time
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Coordinates:17.0333°N -132°W

Chalcatongo de Hidalgo (also, Chalcatongo and Villa Hidalgo) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is part of the Tlaxiaco District in the south of the Mixteca Region.[1]

It is the birthplace of former Governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz.

17.0333°N -132°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: -. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. June 12, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20070128225645/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/oaxaca/municipios/20026a.htm. January 28, 2007. dead.