Santa Magdalena Jicotlán | |
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: | 48.48 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 93 |
Population Urban: | 92 |
Timezone: | Central (US Central) |
Utc Offset: | −6 |
Timezone Dst: | Central |
Utc Offset Dst: | −5 |
Coordinates: | 17.8067°N -97.4711°W |
Elevation M: | 2179 |
Santa Magdalena Jicotlán is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. It is part of the Coixtlahuaca district in the Mixteca Region.The municipality covers an area of 48.48 km2, surrounded by the Sierra Madre Oriental. As of the 2010 census, the town (locality) had a population of 92 inhabitants, while the municipality had a total population of 93 (officially, there was one rural resident in a place called Barrio San Miguel). It is the smallest municipality in Mexico in population. (The next-smallest is Santiago Tepetlapa, also in Oaxaca.)The main economic activity is agriculture, with some people also keeping goats and chickens.
The town has a Catholic church dedicated to Mary Magdalene, built in the mid eighteenth century with baroque influences.It has a kindergarten and an elementary school, each with one teacher.[1]