Santiago Jamiltepec (Mixtec: Casandoo) is a town, and the seat of surrounding
municipality
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of the same name, in the
Mexican state
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of
Oaxaca.
It is located in the
Jamiltepec District
Jamiltepec District is located in the west of the Costa Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Municipalities
The district includes the following municipalities:
* Mártires de Tacubaya
* Pinotepa de Don Luis
* Pinotepa Nacional
* San Agustín ...
in the west of the
Costa Chica Region, 30 km east of
Pinotepa Nacional
Pinotepa Nacional (formally: Santiago Pinotepa Nacional; in Mixtec, ''Ñuu Ñoko'', which means Twenty-House Town) is a city and seat of the municipality of the same name, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
It is located in the Jamiltepec District i ...
on
Federal Highway 200, and 460 km southwest of
state capital
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Oaxaca de Juárez
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.
The municipality
In the 2005
INEGI
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census, the municipality reported a population of 17,206 inhabitants, of whom 4,155 spoke an
indigenous language
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, predominantly
Mixtec
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.
As municipal seat, Santiago Jamiltepec has governing jurisdiction over the following communities:
Atotonilquillo Charco Nduayoo
Cuyuche, El Añil, El Guayabo, El Guineo, El Platanillo, El Santo, El Zapote Negro, El Zarzal, Emiliano Zapata (Chiapas), Espiga Verde, Finca la Natividad, La Comunal, La Esperanza, La Fábrica, La Huichicata, La Humedad, La Palmera, La Tuza, Las Palmitas, Los Cerreros, Nandayo, Parcela de Producción INI, Paso de la Reina, Patria Nueva, Piedra Ancha, Piedra Blanca, Plan de los Amates, Rancho la Isla, Rancho San Antonio, Río Viejo, San José de las Flores,
San José Río Verde (La Boquilla), San Miguel de los Pinos, Santa Cruz Flores Magón,
Santa Elena Comaltepec, and Unión Linda Vista
References
Santiago Jamiltepec''(Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México)''
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Municipalities of Oaxaca