San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca
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 | |
  San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 17°43′N 97°19′W / 17.717°N 97.317°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) |
Toun
eeditThe 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]
Municipality
eeditAs 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
References
eedit- ↑ a b "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México ESTADO DE OAXACA,SAN JUAN BAUTISTA COIXTLAHUACA". Archived frae the original on 3 Apryle 2012. Retrieved 21 Februar 2008.
- ↑ a b Quintanar Hinojosa, Beatriz (2007). "La Mixteca y sus fabulosos conventos". Guía México Desconocido: Oaxaca. 137: 80. Unknown parameter
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Freemit airtins
eeditSantos in Oaxaca's Ancient Churches: Coixtlahuaca Archived 2013-12-20 at the Wayback Machine - Art-historical study of the statues in the Church of San Juan Bautista in Coixtlahuaca