San Francisco Ixhuatán is a town, and the surrounding
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
of the same name, in the
Mexican state
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of
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 ...
.
It is part of the
Juchitán District
Juchitán District is located in the east of the Istmo de Tehuantepec region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico and the easternmost district in Oaxaca, covering the southern part of a low-lying corridor through the mountains that separates the Gulf of ...
in the west of the
Istmo de Tehuantepec region.
The
Nahuatl
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name element Ixhuatán means "town of palm fronds".
The town
In 1826, Ixhuatán was already established as an
ejido
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in the municipality of
San Francisco del Mar. In 1886 it became the municipal seat and, in 1926, it was separated from San Francisco del Mar to form a new, separate municipality as a result of political and administrative conflicts. It currently has 9050 inhabitants.
San Francisco Ixhuatán is located in the south of Oaxaca, at 16°21' N, 94°29' W, at a height of 10 metres above sea level.
The municipality
The municipality covers a total of 406.99 km
2.
As municipal seat, San Francisco Ixhuatán has governing jurisdiction over the following communities:
Cachimbo, Cerro Chico (Cerritos), Cerro Grande, Chahuites las Conchas, Colonia Primero de Mayo, El Milagro, El Naranjal, El Porvenir, La Curva (El Crucero), La Gloria, La Herradura, La Mora, Las Palmas, Lázaro Cárdenas, Paniagua, Río Viejo, Reforma Agraria Integral, and Veinte de Noviembre (El Morro)
Sources
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Spanish Wikipedia articleSan Francisco Ixhuatán''(Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México'')
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Municipalities of Oaxaca