Otáez Explained

Otáez
Settlement Type:Municipal seat and town
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:Durango
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Otáez
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:871
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:26.7°N -164°W

Otáez is a town and seat of the municipality of Otáez, in the state of Durango, north-western Mexico.[1] As of 2010, the town had a population of 871.[2]

In the seventeenth century, Jesuit missionaries founded Santa María de Otaez.[3]

Notes and References

  1. [Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía]
  2. Web site: Otáez. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014.
  3. Book: Deeds . Susan M. . Defiance and Deference in Mexico's Colonial North: Indians Under Spanish Rule in Nueva Vizcaya . 1 August 2003 . University of Texas Press . 978-0-292-70551-7 . 57-58,146 . en.