San Juan Atepec is a town and
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
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 ...
in south-western
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
. The municipality covers an area of 88.03 km². It is part of the
Ixtlán District
Ixtlán District is located in the Sierra Norte region, in the northeastern area of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico.
The district includes 26 municipalities, bringing together a total of 161 settlements. At the 2000 census, they contained a total of ...
in the
Sierra Norte region. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 1,301.
References
Municipalities of Oaxaca
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