San Juan Cacahuatepec Explained

San Juan Cacahuatepec
Settlement Type:Municipality and town
Mapsize:200px
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 Km2:153.1
Population As Of:2005
Population Total:8134
Timezone:Central Standard Time
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:Central Daylight Time
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Coordinates:16.6167°N -107°W

San Juan Cacahuatepec is a city in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, near the border with Guerrero. It is located in the Jamiltepec District in the west of the Costa Region.Its population in 1990, according to The Columbia Gazetteer of North America, was 3,116;[1] in 2006, it was about 5,000.[2] Along with San Pedro Amusgos, it is a heavy center of population for the indigenous Amuzgo.[2] The name Cacahuatepec is Nahuatl, translating "Place of Cacao-bean mountain".

Agriculture of the area includes corn, beans, sugarcane, rice, and tropical fruits.[1] The closest town to San Juan Cacahuatepec is Pie de la Cuesta.

History

Once inhabited by Yopes,[3] the area came under dominion of Spain in 1523.[4] Several times it has been impacted by unrest in the region. It was a gathering point for rebel forces of Hermenegildo Galeana in the early 19th century,[5] and later, in 1854, it was razed by Antonio López de Santa Anna.[6]

External links

16.6167°N -107°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: San Juan Cacahuatepec . 2008-10-18 . The Columbia Gazetteer of North America . bartleby.com . 2000 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050325012548/http://www.bartleby.com/69/50/S03550.html . 2005-03-25 .
  2. Book: Whipperman, Bruce . Moon Acapulco, Ixtapa, and Zihuatanejo . Avalon Travel Publishing . 2006 . 1-56691-980-0 . 266 .
  3. Book: La civilización 'yope' muestra sus tesoros . EL PAIS. 2008 .
  4. Book: de Alarcon, Hernando Ruiz . James Richard Andrews . Ross Hassig . Treatise on the Heathen Superstitions that Today Live Among the Indians Native to this New Spain, 1629 . University of Oklahoma Press . 1987 . 0-8061-2031-2 . 254. .
  5. Book: Bancroft, Hubert Howe . William Nemos . Thomas Savage . Joseph Joshua Peatfield . History of Mexico . A.L. Bancroft . 1885 . 4 .
  6. Book: Fowler, Will . Santa Anna of Mexico . U of Nebraska Press . 2007 . 978-0-8032-1120-9 . 313 .