San José Chiltepec 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' ...
in
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
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
. The municipality covers an area of 204.13 km
2.
It is part of the
Tuxtepec District
Tuxtepec District is located in the north of the Papaloapan Region, Oaxaca, Papaloapan Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. It is the northernmost district in Oaxaca.
Municipalities
The district includes the following municipalities:
*Acatlá ...
of the
Papaloapan Region
The Cuenca del Papaloapan Region is in the north of the southeastern Mexican state of Oaxaca, 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 large ...
.
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 10,203.
References
Municipalities of Oaxaca
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