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San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca is a sma toun an municipality locatit in the Mixteca Region o the State o Oaxaca, Mexico, an the centre o the Coixtlahuaca destrict. The name, “Coixtlahuaca” means ‘plain o snakes’ in the Nahuatl leid.
San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca | |
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Municipality an toun | |
Coordinates: 17°43′N 97°19′W | |
Kintra | Mexico |
State | Oaxaca |
Area | |
• Total | 17.26 km2 (6.66 sq mi) |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 2,863 |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Staundart Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylicht Time) |
The toun wis foondit bi the Chocholtecs in 37 AD. Their last emperor wis Atonaltzin, who focht against the Mexicas. Twa times he wis defeatit, the seicont an last time bi Moctezuma II, who conquered hintle o this aurie.[1]
It is locatit in the northeast pairt o the state o Oaxaca, 2,100 meters abuin sea level[1] near the Cuacnopalan-Oaxaca heich-gate.[2] Its main attraction is the Iglesia de San Juan Bautista (Kirk o Saunt John the Baptist). Completit in 1576, it is o Renaissance style wi rose windaes, sculpturs, an a main entrance wi dozens o recesses. It haes a Baroque-style altarpiece (retablo) an aw.[2]
As municipal seat, San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca haes govrenin jurisdiction ower the follaein commonties:
Barrio de Magdalena, Boca de Perro, Carrizal, Cerro de Agua (Tercera Sección), Cerro el Águila, Cuesta Blanca, El Cachuche, El Capulín (Sección Primera), El Guajolote, El Portezuelo, El Sotol, El Tepozán (Sección Segunda), El Zapato, El Zapotal (Sección Tercera), Estancia, Ixcate, Jazmín Río Poblano, La Ciénega, La Cruz, La Mulata, Laguna Seca, Narrege, Río Blanco, Río Poblano, San Jerónimo Otla, Santa Catarina Ocotlán, Sección Cuarta (Los Rodríguez), Tecamachalco, Tronco del Río an Zacate Amarillo
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