Mazatlán Villa de Flores 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 south-western

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. It is part of the

Teotitlán District Teotitlán District () is located in the north of the Cañada, Oaxaca, Cañada Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. Municipalities The district includes the following municipalities: *Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón *Huautepec *Huautla de Jim� ...

in the north of the

Cañada Region Cañada is a region in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico covering 4,300 square km. It includes two districts, Teotitlán and Cuicatlán. The main administrative center is Teotitlán de Flores Magón, but Huautla de Jiménez is considered the most im ...

. , the municipality had a total population of 12,934.

Geography

The municipality is located on 18 ° 01' Northern latitude and 96 ° 55' longitude West, at an altitude of 1140 meters above sea level, covering an area of 137.79 km². It borders to the North with

Santa María Tecomavaca Santa María Tecomavaca is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of km2. It is part of the Teotitlán District Teotitlán District () is located in the north of the Cañada, Oaxaca, Cañada Re ...

until Nopalera, to the South with the municipality of

Huautla de Jimenez Huautla could mean any of the following locations in Mexico: * Huautla, Hidalgo in central-eastern Mexico *Huautla, Morelos in South-Central Mexico * Sierra de Huautla, a mountain range in south-central Mexico *Huautla de Jiménez Huautla de Jime ...

, to the East with the municipal agency of San Isidro Zoquiapam, which belongs to San Lucas Zoquiapam and Huautepec, and to the West with the municipalities of San Mateo Yoloxochitlán and Cuyamecalco. It is 198 kilometers Northwest of the capital of the State. Mazatlán Villa de Flores is located in a distinctly mountainous area; mountains include cerro Quemado (burnt Hill), the Agua de Cerro (Hill water), Pelón, Piedra Boluda, Peña Blanca, Cerro del Águila (Eagle Hill), Platanillo and Malangares, Pochotepec Hill, and Loma Celosa. Among the most important rivers is the Rio Chico, also known as Rio Verde; the rio Grande, which reaches hilly land below Cuicatlán, becoming a lagoon called Igualeja and río Frío which originates in a cave. In Loma Celosa, located about 30 km away is a waterfall called Agua Tehuacán.

History

Mazatlán in

mazateco The Mazatecan languages are a group of closely related indigenous languages spoken by some 200,000 people in the area known as the Sierra Mazateca, which is in the northern part of the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico, as well as in adjacen ...

language means "Land of deer" (Tierra de Venados). The town was named Mazatlán de Flores in 1922 and a decree in 1942 ordered the change to Mazatlán Villa de Flores. Teodoro Flores was born here, the father of anarchist and social reform activist

Ricardo Flores Magón Cipriano Ricardo Flores Magón (; known as Ricardo Flores Magón; September 16, 1874 – November 21, 1922) was a Mexican anarchist and social reform activist. His brothers Enrique Flores Magón, Enrique and Jesús Flores Magón, Jesús were ...

, who lived his early life here.

References

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