Country Mexico Area 28 km² Population 4,042 (2005) | State Oaxaca Local time Thursday 8:12 AM | |
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Time zone Central Standard Time (UTC-6) Weather 15°C, Wind NE at 11 km/h, 97% Humidity | ||
Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón, formerly known as San Antonio Eloxochitlán, is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is part of the Teotitlán District in the north of the Cañada Region. Approximately 96% of the inhabitants of the municipality speak the indigenous Mazatec language.
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- Map of EloxochitlC3A1n de Flores MagC3B3n Oaxaca Mexico
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- The town
- The municipality
- References
Map of Eloxochitl%C3%A1n de Flores Mag%C3%B3n, Oaxaca, Mexico
The municipality encompasses approximately 28 km² and, as of 2005, had a population of 4,042.
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The town
Franciscans arrived in about 1827 and founded the town, the first in Mazatec territory to be built by outsiders.
The city is best known as the birthplace of the Mexican Revolutionary journalist and activist Ricardo Flores Magón, after whom the municipality was renamed.
The municipality
As municipal seat Eloxochitlán has governing authority over the following communities:
Agua Ancha, Agua Colorada, Agua de Cuchara (Agua de Cucharón), Agua de Cueva, Agua de Máscara, Agua Escalera, Agua Iglesia, Agua Torcida, Barrio la Escopeta, Barrio Moctezuma, Camote Español, Cerro de Plaza, Colonia las Flores, Corral, El Cimiento, El Maguey, La Raya San Pedro, La Tranca, Peña Colorada, Plan de Cebolla (Cebollín), Puente de Fierro, Puerto Rosete, Rincón de las Flores (Rincón Brujo), and San José Buenavista