Santa María Jalapa del Marqués | |
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 |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Timezone: | Central Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | Central Daylight Time |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 16.441°N -95.444°W |
Santa María Jalapa del Marqués is a small city and a municipiality in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. They are both part of the Tehuantepec District in the west of the Istmo Region.[1]
Jalapa del Marqués stands on Federal Highway 190, on the southern shore of the Presa Juárez reservoir. The city serves as the municipal seat and administrative centre for the surrounding municipality of the same name.
In 2020, the population was 11,735 (48.2% men and 51.8% women).[2] Santa María Jalapa del Marqués municipality governs the following communities: