Pinotepa Nacional

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Pinotepa Nacional
Municipality an toun
Pinotepa Nacional
Pinotepa Nacional
Official seal of Pinotepa Nacional
Seal
Major ceeties o Oaxaca
Major ceeties o Oaxaca
Pinotepa Nacional is located in Mexico
Pinotepa Nacional
Pinotepa Nacional
Major ceeties o Oaxaca
Coordinates: 16°20′17″N 98°03′01″W / 16.33806°N 98.05028°W / 16.33806; -98.05028
Kintra Mexico
StateOaxaca
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)

Pinotepa Nacional (formally: Santiago Pinotepa Nacional; in Mixtec, Ñuu Yoko, which means Twinty-Hoose Toun) is a ceety an seat o the municipality o the same name, in the Mexican state o Oaxaca.

It is locatit in the Jamiltepec Destrict in the wast o the Costa Region. The name Pinotepa means "toward the crumblin hill" in Náhuatl.

The toun[eedit | eedit soorce]

Durin colonial times, its name wis Pinotepa del Rey, an juist efter unthirldom, it wis cried Pinotepa del Estado. It is located at a hicht o 200 m abuin sea level in the Mixteca de la Costa region o the state.[1]

The region haes an interestin history. A heich percentage o its population is o African ancestrie. Thare are twa historical theories o hou this came aboot. The first is that durin the colonial period African slaves wur brocht tae this aurie tae wirk on the various haciendas here. The seicont theory is that these fowk are the stryndants o Africans destined for the slave trade whose ship wrecked aff the coast o Oaxaca.[2] This is the hame o a notorious bandit bi the name o Silverio Petatán an aw, who wis captured an executit in 1864. Acause o his boss-eye an colourful leid, the bandit's heid wis brocht tae the toun an put on public display for a nummer o days.[1]

The toun haes a reputation for bein roudy an full o pairties. It is ane o the few auries o Mexico wi a significant population o fowk o African strynd. It is notit for crafts such as knittit items an aw, embroidered items, an, in pairticular, knives, machetes an saddle-making.[2] It is the host toun for the UTM annual wife hunt event, whaur lanely desperate men frae neebourin municipalities come tae try an charm a spoose wi limitit Spainyie but flashy buits.

The municipality[eedit | eedit soorce]

As municipal seat, Pinotepa Nacional haes govrenin jurisdiction ower the follaein commonties: Acuautepec o Agua de la Caña, Agua Dulce, Antonio García Zamora, Antonio Gazga, Arroyo Seco, Carnicería, Cerro de la Esperanza, Charco del Otate, Collantes, Colonia Cuauhtémoc, Colonia de la Libertad, Colonia Usibac, Colonia Vicente Guerrero, Corralero, Cruz del Itacuán, Dispensario, El Añil, El Alacrán, El Azicate, El Carrizal (El Toronjil), El Carrizo, El Ciruelo, El Conejo, El Cuachilote, El Jícaro, El Manguito, El Palomar, El Ranchito, El Retén, El Salado, El Tamal, El Tamarindo 1, El Tamarindo 2, El Tanaroa, El Viscaíno, El Zapote, Fraccionamiento San Isidro, Granja Avícola Delia, Guadalupe Victoria, Hornos los Pajaritos, Isaura Rodríguez, José Miguel Fuentes, La Alberca (Arroyo Limón), La Cañada, La Finca, La Ganadera, La Noria y Minindaca, La Palma, La Palma del Coyul, La Raya, Lagunillas, Las Lomas, Las Playitas, Librado Baños Baños, Lo de Candela, Lo de Mejía, Lo de Riaño, Lo de Vera, Loma Larga, Los Cuajilotes, Los Horcones, Los Hornos Grandes, Los Pocitos, Mancuernas, Mango Solo, Mariano Matamoros, Melquíades A. Vargas, Minillahui, Minitán, Motillas, Paso de la Garrocha, Pie del Cerro, Piedra Blanca, Playa Banco de Oro, Rancho de la Virgen, Rancho del Santo, Rancho Ramírez, Rose Mary, San Isidro, Santa María Jicaltepec, Willians, Yerbasanta, Yutacuiñe, Yutacuite an Yuyaquita

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. a b "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México, Oaxaca, Santiago asdPinotepa Nacional". Archived frae the original on 10 Apryle 2007. Retrieved 24 Februar 2008.
  2. a b Quintanar Hinojosa, Beatriz (2007). "De la Mixteca a la costa". Guía México Desconocido: Oaxaca. 137: 84–85. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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