La Compañía, Oaxaca Explained

La Compañía
Settlement Type:Municipality and town
Pushpin Map:Mexico Oaxaca#Mexico
Pushpin Label Position:above
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Mexico
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mexico
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Oaxaca
Area Total Km2:93.13
Population As Of:2005
Population Total:3367
Timezone:Central
Utc Offset:-6
Coordinates:16.55°N -145°W
Website:https://www.lacompaniaoaxaca.com/

La Compañía is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in southern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 93.13 km2. It is part of the Ejutla District in the south of the Valles Centrales Region.

In 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3,367.[1]

The settlement's name comes from a local hacienda that formerly belonged to the Roman Catholic Church's Jesuit Order (known as Spanish; Castilian: La Compañía de Jesús in Spanish), the name of which was conserved following the expulsion of the Jesuits in the 1760s.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: La Compañia. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. June 12, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20041211142505/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/oaxaca/municipios/20017a.htm. December 11, 2004. dead.
  2. Web site: Ayuntamiento Constitucional del Municipio de La Compañía . La Compañía: Historia . 23 November 2023.