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Magdalena Tequisistlán
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| name | Magdalena Tequisistlán | |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town | |
| native_name | ||
| imagesize | 300px | |
| image_map | MTequisistlan.png | |
| mapsize | 200px | |
| map_caption | Location of the municipality in Oaxaca | |
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| 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 | |
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| established_title | ||
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| area_total_km2 | 599.64 | |
| area_land_km2 | ||
| population_as_of | 2005 | |
| population_total | 6014 | |
| timezone | Central Standard Time | |
| utc_offset | -6 | |
| timezone_DST | Central Daylight Time | |
| utc_offset_DST | -5 | |
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Magdalena Tequisistlán is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, located 470 km southeast of Mexico City. It is part of the Tehuantepec District in the west of the Istmo Region. The town was founded in 1410 under the present name. In the Chontal language it was known as "Maadú".{{cite web |url-status=dead
Older spelling variations include Tequixistlán.
History
The Tequistlatec language, now extinct, used to be spoken in Tequisistlán.
Geography
The municipality covers an area of 599.64 km2 at an altitude of 190 meters above sea level. The climate is warm sub humid, with summer rains.
Flora and fauna
Flora include chepil, epazote, purslane, pine, oak, tepehuaje, pochote, and coconut. Wild fauna include deer, skunk, opossum, coyote, armadillo, and wild boar.
Demography
As of 2005, the municipality had 1,524 households with a total population of 6,014 of whom 232 who spoke an indigenous language. Some speak the highland version of Oaxacan Chontal.{{cite web The people grow corn, coffee and vegetables for personal consumption. About 30% of the population is engaged in raising cattle. Hunting and fishing are practiced for personal consumption. There are large deposits of marble that are exploited by local cooperatives, employing 40% of the economically active population. Mezcal is made also to a lesser extent.
Communities
As municipal seat, Magdalena Tequisistlán has governing jurisdiction over the following communities:
- Ampliación Colonia Guadalupe,
- Bambita,
- Barrio de la Cruz,
- Barrio del Calvario,
- Barrio del Rosario,
- Barrio Pancilo,
- Colonia Marilú,
- El Ciprés,
- El Polvorín,
- El Sauce
- Huerta los Rosales (Barrio Centro),
- La Concepción,
- La Pájima,
- Las Majadas,
- Las Minas,
- Los Nanches,
- Pochotillo (Casa Blanca),
- Colonia San Jose,
- San Miguel Ecatepec,
- San Pedro Jilotepec.
References
References
- de Angulo, Jaime and Lucy S. Freeland. 1925. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/40444929 The Chontal Language (Dialect of Tequixistlan)]. ''Anthropos'' 20: 1032-1052.
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