Santa Magdalena Jicotlán is a town and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Oaxaca Oaxaca, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of the Mexico, United Mexican States. It is divided into municipalities of Oaxaca, 570 munici ...

in southeastern

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and is the least populous municipality in Oaxaca. It is also the third least densely populated municipality in Oaxaca, not being as sparsely populated as Santa María Ixcatlán or Santa María Chimalapa. It is part of the Coixtlahuaca district in the

Mixteca Region The Mixteca Region is a region in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, part of the broader La Mixteca area which covers parts of the states of Puebla, Guerrero and Oaxaca. The region includes the districts of Juxtlahuaca, Silacayoapam, Huajuapan, Coix ...

. The municipality covers an area of 48.48 km², surrounded by the

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. As of the 2010 census, the town (locality) had a population of 92 inhabitants, while the municipality had a total population of 93 (officially, there was one rural resident in a place called Barrio San Miguel). It is the smallest municipality in Mexico in population. (The next-smallest is

Santiago Tepetlapa Santiago Tepetlapa is a town and municipality in Oaxaca, in southeastern Mexico. The municipality has an area of 13.624 km² and is part of the Coixtlahuaca district in the Mixteca Region The Mixteca Region is a region in the state of Oaxaca, Mex ...

, also in Oaxaca.) The main economic activity is agriculture, with some people also keeping goats and chickens. The town has a Catholic church dedicated to Mary Magdalene, built in the mid eighteenth century with baroque influences. It has a kindergarten and an elementary school, each with one teacher.

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