Magdalena Mixtepec
Magdalena Mixtepec  | |
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Municipality and town  | |
![]() Magdalena Mixtepec Location in Mexico  | |
| Coordinates: 16°54′N 96°54′W / 16.900°N 96.900°W | |
| Country | |
| State | Oaxaca | 
| Area | |
 • Total  | 11.48 km2 (4.43 sq mi) | 
| Population  (2005)  | |
 • Total  | 1,101 | 
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) | 
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) | 
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.
A civil congregation existed in the town around the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries.[1] The town was previously known as Magdalena Tepex Zimatlán, but was renamed as the parish of Santa Cruz de Mixtepec.[2]
Demography
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 1,101.[3] There are a handful of the near-extinct Asunción Mixtepec Zapotec language speakers remaining in the town.[4]
References
- ^ William B. Taylor (1972). Landlord and Peasant in Colonial Oaxaca. Stanford University Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-8047-0796-1.
 - ^ Los Municipios de Oaxaca. Secretaría de Gobernación. 1988. p. 267.
 - ^ "Magdalena Mixtepec". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on December 11, 2004. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
 - ^ Mark A. Sicoli; University of Michigan (2007). Tono: A linguistic ethnography of tone and voice in a Zapotec region. University of Michigan. p. 41.
 
