Villa Alta District

Villa Alta District is located in the center of the Sierra Norte Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. It has an area of 1,156 km² of mountainous country, divided into 25 municipalities.

Villa Alta District
District
Oaxaca regions and districts: Sierra Norte to Northeast
Coordinates: 17°20′N 96°9′W
Country	Mexico
State	Oaxaca

As of 2007 there were 99 settlements of which 72 had electricity and 38 had a supply of potable water in 2007. As of 2005 the total population was 29,009. The main food crops are maize and beans. Coffee is the most important cash crop, and there is some sugar cane production.^[1]

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  San Bartolomé Zoogocho
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  From left to right: Tanetze de Zaragoza, San Isidro Reforma, Juquila Vijanos, Santo Domingo Cacalotepec

Municipalities

Villa Alta municipalities

The district includes the following municipalities:^[2]

Municipality	Area km2	2005 Population	Indigenous language speakers
San Andrés Solaga	38	1,699
San Andrés Yaá	37	378
San Baltazar Yatzachi el Bajo	48	690
San Bartolomé Zoogocho	23	381
San Cristóbal Lachirioag	24	1130
San Francisco Cajonos	26	371
San Ildefonso Villa Alta	137	3,100
San Juan Juquila Vijanos	37	1,908
San Juan Tabaá	27	1,091
San Juan Yaeé	93	1,344
San Juan Yatzona	38	561
San Mateo Cajonos	26	574
San Melchor Betaza	37	919
San Pablo Yaganiza
San Pedro Cajonos
Santa María Temaxcalapa
Santa María Yalina
Santiago Camotlán	333	3,089	2,461
Santiago Lalopa
Santiago Zoochila
Santo Domingo Roayaga
Santo Domingo Xagacía
Tanetze de Zaragoza	59	1,581 of	1,327
Villa Hidalgo
Villa Talea de Castro

References

1. "Distrito 13 Villa Alta" (PDF). oeidrus. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
2. "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Estado de Oaxaca". Retrieved 2010-07-08.