Coordinates: 16°54′N 96°54′W / 16.900°N 96.900°W / 16.900; -96.900

Magdalena Mixtepec

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Magdalena Mixtepec
Municipality and town
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CountryFile:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
StateOaxaca
Area
 • Total
11.48 km2 (4.43 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total
1,101
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

Magdalena Mixtepec is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 11.48 km2. It is part of the Zimatlán District in the west of the Valles Centrales Region.

A civil congregation existed in the town around the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries.[1] The town was previously known as Magdalena Tepex Zimatlán, but was renamed as the parish of Santa Cruz de Mixtepec.[2]

Demography

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As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 1,101.[3] There are a handful of the near-extinct Asunción Mixtepec Zapotec language speakers remaining in the town.[4]

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