Santa María Teopoxco 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

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 6 km². 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 ...

. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 4,651.

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