Santa María Apazco
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Coordinates: 17 ° 38 ′ N , 97 ° 8 ′ W Santa María Apazco on the map of Oaxaca
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| Country | Mexico | |
| State | Oaxaca | |
| Municipio | Santa María Apazco | |
| Residents | 432 (2010) | |
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| surface | 2.64 km 2 | |
| Population density | 164 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| height | 2160 m | |
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Santa María Apazco is a place with about 500 inhabitants and the administrative seat of the municipality of the same name ( municipio ) with a total of about 2,000 inhabitants in the northwest of the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico .
Location and climate
The place Santa María Apazco is a good 35 km (driving distance) northeast of the city of Asunción Nochixtlán at an altitude of approx. 2160 m . The climate is dry and warm; the overall rather sparse rain (approx. 530 mm / year) falls mainly during the summer half-year.
Population development
| year | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 |
| Residents | 570 | 289 | 432 |
The residents of the place usually speak Mixtec or Nahuatl dialects among themselves .
economy
Probably already in pre-Hispanic times, the area was of Mixtecs settled -Indianern. The people of the region still 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). Hats, bags, etc. are made from small Jipijapa palms.
history
The Indians living here resisted both the Aztec and Spanish occupations.
Attractions
The double-towered parish church of La Purísima Concepción is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of Mary . It is an overall rather unadorned rural building from the 18th century with vaulted openings in the otherwise windowless nave . In the apse, which is covered by an unexposed dome , is a late Baroque carved altar.
Web links
- Santa María Apazco - Info (INAFED, Spanish)