Magdalena Mixtepec Explained

Magdalena Mixtepec
Settlement Type:Municipality and town
Pushpin Map: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 Km2:11.48
Population As Of:2005
Population Total:1101
Timezone:Central Standard Time
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:Central Daylight Time
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Coordinates:16.9°N -150°W

Magdalena Mixtepec is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 11.48 km². It is part of the Zimatlán District in the west of the Valles Centrales Region.

A civil congregation existed in the town around the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries.[1] The town was previously known as Magdalena Tepex Zimatlán, but was renamed as the parish of Santa Cruz de Mixtepec.[2]

Demography

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 1,101.[3] There are a handful of the near-extinct Asunción Mixtepec Zapotec language speakers remaining in the town.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: William B. Taylor. Landlord and Peasant in Colonial Oaxaca. registration. 1972. Stanford University Press. 978-0-8047-0796-1. 26.
  2. Book: Los Municipios de Oaxaca. 1988. Secretaría de Gobernación. 267.
  3. Web site: Magdalena Mixtepec. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. June 12, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20041211141908/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/oaxaca/municipios/20048a.htm. December 11, 2004. dead.
  4. Book: Mark A. Sicoli. University of Michigan. Tono: A linguistic ethnography of tone and voice in a Zapotec region. 2007. University of Michigan. 41.