San Pedro Cajonos 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 ...

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

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. The municipality covers an area of km². It is part of the

Villa Alta District Villa Alta District is located in the center of the Sierra Norte Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered t ...

in the center of the Sierra Norte Region. It was founded on September 16, 1700 and given the name of San Pedro Cajonos. The language spoken in the town is a mix of Spanish and a lesser amount of spoken indigenous language called Cajonos Zapotec. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of .

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