San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca
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Coordinates: 17 ° 43 ′ N , 97 ° 19 ′ W San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca on the map of Oaxaca
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| Basic data | ||
| Country | Mexico | |
| State | Oaxaca | |
| Municipio | San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca | |
| Residents | 1107 (2295) | |
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| surface | 3.83 km 2 | |
| Population density | 289 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| height | 2295 m | |
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San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca is a place with approx. 1,200 inhabitants and the administrative seat of the municipality of the same name ( municipio ) with a total of approx. 2,600 inhabitants in the northwest of the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico .
Location and climate
The place San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca is located in the Mixteca Alta a good 350 km (driving distance) southeast of Mexico City near the main road to Oaxaca de Juárez at an altitude of approx. 2295 m ; to Oaxaca it is a further 117 km in a southeast direction. The climate is dry and warm; the overall rather sparse rain (approx. 565 mm / year) falls mainly during the summer half-year.
Population development
| year | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 |
| Residents | 979 | 1,052 | 1.107 |
Already in pre-Hispanic times the area of was Chocholteken - and Mixtec -Indianern settled; in the 15th century, Nahuatl- speaking groups from the north also joined. The residents of the place usually speak Mixtec or Nahuatl dialects among themselves .
economy
In pre-Hispanic times, the place was also a supraregional important market and trade center. Today the people of the region live largely self-sufficient from the yields of their fields (corn, wheat) and gardens (potatoes, beans, tomatoes, chilli, etc.). Cattle breeding is only practiced to a limited extent (chickens, turkeys). There are small traders and craftsmen in the village itself; Hats , bags, etc. are made from small Jipijapa palms .
history
The Indians living here resisted both the Aztec and Spanish occupations, but a few years after the Spanish conquered the Aztec Empire , monks of the Dominican order came in the wake of the conquistadors and founded one of the largest mission stations in Mexico.
Attractions
The construction of the Church of San Juan Bautista , consecrated to John the Baptist , began around 1550/60; it was probably completed in 1576. The bell storey of the south tower collapsed in the 1970s; it has since been renewed. Only the middle part of the facade is decorated with niches and a flower-like round window decoration; the side panels are unadorned. Next to the church is a polygonally broken capilla abierta . The nave is spanned by a Gothic ribbed vault; on the side walls and in the apse there are several late baroque altars in the style of Churriguerism .
See also
Web links
- San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca - Information (INAFED, Spanish)