Santo Tomás Tamazulapan
Santo Tomás Tamazulapan is a veelage an municipality in the state o Oaxaca, Mexico, locatit aboot 105 km sooth o Oaxaca ceety. It is 1,700 metres abuin sea level, an is pairt o the Miahuatlán Destrict in the sooth o the Sierra Sur Region. Its name comes frae the patron saunt o the toun (Saunt Thomas) an the last pairt is frae Nahuatl meanin “in the river o frogs”. It is unkent when the toun wis foondit.[1]
Santo Tomás Tamazulapan | |
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  Santo Tomás Tamazulapan | |
| Coordinates: 16°16′N 96°35′W / 16.267°N 96.583°WCoordinates: 16°16′N 96°35′W / 16.267°N 96.583°W | |
| Kintra |  Mexico |
| State | Oaxaca |
| Municipality | Santo Tomás Tamazulapan |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
The toun eedit
Its main attraction is the Parroquia de Santa María de la Natividad (Pairish o the Virgin Mary o the Nativity) kirk, which wis constructit in the 17t century. It contains a altarpiece (retablo) o extraordinar size an a nummer o colonial-era santos, statues o the saunts, mony executit in fine polychrome an bonnily preservit tae this day.[2]
The veelage wis ane o the hosts o the Sixth International Organ and Early Music Festival in 2006 sponsored bi the Instituto de Órganos Históricos de Oaxaca (Institute o Historic Organs o Oaxaca) alang wi Oaxaca ceety, Zautla, San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Tlaxiaco an Santo Domingo Yanhuitlán.[3]
Nearbi is the Balneario Atonaltzin, a series o sulfur springs.[4]
The municipality eedit
As municipal seat, Tamazulapan haes govrenin authority ower the follaein commonties: Cerro de Tepalcatillos, El Cerrito, El Podrido, Güilotes, Los Manantiales, an San Jerónimo Miahuatlán.
References eedit
- ↑ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México". Archived frae the original on 18 Julie 2011. Retrieved 26 Juin 2014.
- ↑ Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient Churches: Tamazulapan[deid airtin]. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
- ↑ "tamazulapan.org". Archived frae the original on 14 Februar 2008. Retrieved 23 Februar 2008.
- ↑ The Balneario Atonaltzin Facebook page
Freemit airtins eedit
- EL INSTITUTO DE ÓRGANOS HISTÓRICOS DE OAXACA Archived 2014-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Tamazulapan News Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine