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San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca

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name	San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca
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subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Oaxaca
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area_total_km2	17.26
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population_as_of	2005
population_total	2863
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San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca is a small town and municipality located in the Mixteca Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, and the center of the Coixtlahuaca district. The name "Coixtlahuaca" means 'plain of snakes' in the Nahuatl language. One of the most significant indigenous pictorial manuscripts from the region is the Lienzo Seler Coixtlahuaca II.

Town

The town was founded by the Chocholtecs in 37 AD. Their last emperor was Atonaltzin, who fought against the Mexicas. He was defeated twice, the second by Moctezuma II, who conquered much of the area.{{cite web

It is located in the northeast part of the state of Oaxaca, 2,100 meters above sea level near the Cuacnopalan-Oaxaca highway.{{cite journal

Municipality

As municipal seat, San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca has governing jurisdiction over the following communities:

Barrio de Magdalena
Boca de Perro
Carrizal
Cerro de Agua (Tercera Sección)
Cerro el Águila
Cuesta Blanca
El Cachuche
El Capulín (Sección Primera)
El Guajolote
El Portezuelo
El Sotol
El Tepozán (Sección Segunda)
El Zapato
El Zapotal (Sección Tercera)
Estancia
Ixcate
Jazmín Río Poblano
La Ciénega
La Cruz
La Mulata
Laguna Seca
Narrege
Río Blanco
Río Poblano
San Jerónimo Otla
Santa Catarina Ocotlán
Sección Cuarta (Los Rodríguez)
Tecamachalco
Tronco del Río
Zacate Amarillo

Church and Former Convento of San Juan Bautista, Coixtlahuaca

References

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