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Coicoyán de las Flores

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name	Coicoyan de Las Flores
settlement_type	Municipality and town
native_name
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map_caption	Location of the municipality in Oaxaca
pushpin_map	Mexico
pushpin_label_position	above
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Mexico
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Mexico
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Oaxaca
established_title
area_total_km2	105.89
area_land_km2
population_as_of	2005
population_total	7598
timezone	Central Standard Time
utc_offset	-6
timezone_DST	Central Daylight Time
utc_offset_DST	-5
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** Coicoyan de Las Flores ** is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 105.89 km2 and is part of the Juxtlahuaca district of the Mixteca Region. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 7,598.

History

The foundation of this town is unknown for certain since there is no written record. Oral stories focus on a hill called El Gachupin. There, a Spanish force threatened general Vicente Guerrero who was in Ahuajutla's ranch helping his troops by using the metals from the mines of carbonera to coin money (from gold, copper and silver). He stayed and waited until the perfect opportunity arrived to attack the Spaniards in Azompa, taking advantage of darkness and letting them to destroy themselves. The next morning when they realized what had happened, they were shocked so the general Vicente Guerrero attacked them again and achieved victory, taking some prisoners with him to Xonacatlan camp where he had some other forces.

Geography

Orography

The mountain range that crosses through this town, starts in San Pedro el Viejo and ends in Atlamajalcingo del Monte, district of Morelos, getting into the state of Guerrero until joining sierra Madre del Sur. Its summit is named the hill of Gachupín, and it is 2600 m above sea level.

Hydrography

The river that runs through this town flows from the hills of Metlatono through the fresh Zarzaparrilla, which purifies them and gives them a pleasant flavor and ends in the town of Tlapancingo, district of Silacayoapam.

References

"Coicoyan de Las Flores". [[Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal]].

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