San Pedro Cajonos Explained

San Pedro Cajonos
Settlement Type:Municipality
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
Population As Of:2005
Timezone:Central Standard Time
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:Central Daylight Time
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Coordinates:17.1667°N -113°W

San Pedro Cajonos is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of km². It is part of the Villa Alta District in the center of the Sierra Norte Region. It was founded on September 16, 1700 and given the name of San Pedro Cajonos. The language spoken in the town is a mix of Spanish and a lesser amount of spoken indigenous language called Cajonos Zapotec.[1] [2]

As of March 2020, the municipality had a total population of 1,081.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Words of Life ZAPOTEC, CAJONOS People/Language Movie Trailer . YouTube.
  2. News: Zapotec, Cajonos language.
  3. Web site: San Pedro Cajonos (Municipality, Mexico) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-07-17 . citypopulation.de.
  4. Web site: San Pedro Cajonos. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México . . 2023-06-10 . es . https://web.archive.org/web/20040517171313/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/oaxaca/municipios/20303a.htm . May 17, 2004 .