Supriya Ghosh (Editor)

Magdalena Mixtepec

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Country
  
Mexico

Area
  
11.48 km²

Local time
  
Friday 3:15 PM

State
  
Oaxaca

Population
  
1,101 (2005)

Magdalena Mixtepec

Time zone
  
Central Standard Time (UTC-6)

Weather
  
23°C, Wind W at 10 km/h, 20% Humidity

Magdalena Mixtepec is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 11.48 km². It is part of the Zimatlán District in the west of the Valles Centrales Region

Map of Magdalena Mixtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico

A civil congregation existed in the town around the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries. The town was previously known as Magdalena Tepex Zimatlán, but was renamed as the parish of Santa Cruz de Mixtepec.

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 1101. There are a handful of the near-extinct Asunción Mixtepec Zapotec language speakers remaining in the town.

References

Magdalena Mixtepec Wikipedia