Santa María Jacatepec 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 ...
located in the 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 ...
11 km north of the
Valle Nacional. "Jacatepec" comes from
Nahuatl
Nahuatl (; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahua peoples, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller ...
meaning 'on jackal hill.'
It is part of the
Tuxtepec District
Tuxtepec District is located in the north of the Papaloapan Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Municipalities
The district includes the following municipalities:
*Acatlán de Pérez Figueroa
* Ayotzintepec
* Cosolapa
* Loma Bonita
* San Fel ...
of the
Papaloapan Region
The Cuenca del Papaloapan Region is in the north of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico where the foothills of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca meet the coastal plain of Veracruz.
The principal city is San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec, the second largest in Oaxaca st ...
, and is only 30 meters above sea level.
The town
The town had its origins when the residents of San Juan Palantla needed to escape an epidemic that devastated the village. First they established a village they called Valle Real; however, because of the place's bad location, they moved on to several farming areas called San Pedro Ozumasín, San Mateo Yetla and Santa María Jacatepec. The last was established as a town in 1650 and then as at municipality in 1896.
Near the town are 3 springs called Tzul Zul, Paraíso Escondido and Arroyo Blanco which have been converted into recreational parks.
The municipality
As municipal seat, Jacatepec has governing authority over the following communities:
Boca de Perro, Cerro Caballo, Cerro Concha, Cerro de Viento, Cinco de Oro, Colonia Emiliano Zapata, Ejido Adalberto Vélez, El Diamante, El Fortín II, El Guayabo, El Hule (La Hulera), El Porvenir, Emiliano Zapata, La Florida, La Joya de Santa María, Lacatepec, La Nueva Esperanza, La Nueva Soledad, La Reforma, La Soledad, Loma del Carmen, Macedonio Alcalá, Nuevo Faisán, Nuevo Málzaga, Rancho Alegre, Rancho Faisán, Rancho Gavilán, Rancho Manantial, San Agustín, San Lorenzo, San Martín, Santa Sofía, Vega del Sol, and Vuelta Abajo (Lucero Alto)
References
External links
Maps of Mexic
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Municipalities of Oaxaca