Magdalena Mixtepec | |
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Municipality and town | |
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]
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]