Magdalena Tequisistlán is a town and municipality in the
Mexican
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state of
Oaxaca
Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of Mexico. It is ...
, located southeast of
Mexico City
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.
It is part of the
Tehuantepec District
Tehuantepec District is located in the west of the Istmo Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico.
It includes the cities of Salina Cruz and Tehuantepec
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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".
Older spelling variations include Tequixistlán.
History
The
Tequistlatec language, now extinct, used to be spoken in Tequisistlán.
[de Angulo, Jaime and Lucy S. Freeland. 1925]
The Chontal Language (Dialect of Tequixistlan)
''Anthropos'' 20: 1032-1052.
Environment
The municipality covers an area of 599.64 km
2 at an altitude of 190 meters above sea level.
The climate is warm sub humid, with summer rains.
Flora include
chepil,
epazote,
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* Portulacaceae, a family of succulent flowering plants, and especially:
** ''Portulaca oleracea'', a species of ''Portulaca'' eaten as a leaf vegeta ...
, pine, oak,
tepehuaje,
pochote
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, and coconut.
Wild fauna include deer, skunk, opossum, coyote, armadillo, and wild boar.
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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.[
Some speak the highland version of ]Oaxacan Chontal
Tequistlatec, also called Chontal, are three close but distinct languages spoken or once spoken by the Chontal people of Oaxaca State, Mexico.
Chontal was spoken by 6,000 or so people in 2020.
Languages
* Huamelultec (Lowland Oaxaca Chontal), ...
.[ ]
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.[
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
* Tequistlatecan languages
References
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Municipalities of Oaxaca