Ixtlán de Juárez

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Ixtlán de Juárez
Town
Distant view of the town, with a tree-covered mountain behind.
Ixtlán de Juárez is located in Mexico
Ixtlán de Juárez
Ixtlán de Juárez
Coordinates: 17°19′50″N 96°29′14″W / 17.33056°N 96.48722°W / 17.33056; -96.48722
KintraMexico
StateOaxaca
MunicipalityIxtlán de Juárez
Elevation
2030 m (6,660 ft)
Population
 • Total2,479
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Staundart Time)
Area code(s)951

Ixtlán de Juárez is a toun an municipality in the Mexican state o Oaxaca aboot 65 km north o the ceety o Oaxaca on Federal Heich-gate 175 towards Veracruz. It is pairt o the Ixtlán Destrict in the Sierra Norte de Oaxaca region.

Admeenistrative auries[eedit | eedit soorce]

Municipality o Ixtlán[eedit | eedit soorce]

The municipality o Ixtlán de Juárez includes the toun, an in addition the dounsets o San Juan Yagila, Santa Cruz Yagavila, Santa María Yahuiche, Santa María Zoogochi, Santiago Teotlasco, Santo Domingo Cacalotepec, San Gaspar Yagalaxi, San Miguel Tiltepec, Santa María Josaa, La Luz, La Josefina an La Palma.[1] The population o the toun in the 2005 census wis 2,479, an o the entire municipality, 7,188. Ither than the toun o Ixtlán, nane o the dounsets hae as mony as a thoosan inhabitants.[1]

Rincón de Ixtlán[eedit | eedit soorce]

The Rincón de Ixtlán is an aurie lairgely athin the municipality o Ixtlán de Juárez. It comprises nine commonties, eicht o them athin the municipality o Ixtlán (the nint, San Pedro Yaneri, is a sma unthirlt municipality). The Rincón does no include the toun o Ixtlán or ither commonties on the main road. This remote an culturally homogeneous aurie is ane o the maist intensely indigenous in the whole o Mexico, an haes tharefore been the subject o considerable sociological study [2][3]

Notable biggins[eedit | eedit soorce]

  • Templo de St Tomás Apóstol (Kirk o St Thomas the Apostle), a baroque biggin constructit 1640-1734, replacin an earlier adobe structur.[4]
  • Clock touer on the Plaza
  • Presidencia municipal
  • Museo de la Biodiversidad (Biodiversity Museum)

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. a b Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. "Ixtlán de Juárez". Archived frae the original on 18 Julie 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2012. (in Spanish)
  2. Tyrtania, Leonardo (1983). Yagaliva: Un ensayo en ecología cultural. Mexico City: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana.
  3. Jaffee, Daniel (2001). Brewing Justice. Berkeley: University of California Press
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