Magdalena Tequisistlán

Magdalena Tequisistlán is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, located 470 km (290 mi) 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".[1]

Magdalena Tequisistlán
Municipality and town
Location of the municipality in Oaxaca
Magdalena Tequisistlán
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°24′N 95°37′W
Country Mexico
StateOaxaca
Area
 • Total599.64 km2 (231.52 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total6,014
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

Older spelling variations include Tequixistlán.[2]

History

The Tequistlatec language, now extinct, used to be spoken in Tequisistlán.[2]

Environment

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 include chepil, epazote, purslane, pine, oak, tepehuaje, pochote, and coconut. Wild fauna include deer, skunk, opossum, coyote, armadillo, and wild boar.[1]

People

As of 2005, the municipality had 1,524 households with a total population of 6,014 of whom 232 who spoke an indigenous language.[1] Some speak the highland version of Oaxacan Chontal.[3] 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.[1]

The town was the location of the murder of a police officer by an angry mob and the focus of a comic art piece by Steven Lasch called "Angry Mexico".

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.

See also

References
  1. "Magdalena Tequisistlán". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  2. de Angulo, Jaime and Lucy S. Freeland. 1925. The Chontal Language (Dialect of Tequixistlan). Anthropos 20: 1032-1052.
  3. "Chontales". Go Oaxaco. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
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