Teotitlán de Flores Magón is a town and

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in the

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region 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 ...

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.

Municipality

The municipality covers an area of 95.69 km². As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 8,675 of whom 1,610 speak an indigenous language.

History

Jesús Flores Magón Gaspar Jesús Melchor Flores Magón (6 January 1871 – 7 December 1930) was a Mexican politician, journalist, and jurist. The more moderate brother of Ricardo and Enrique Flores Magón, he served in the cabinet of Francisco I. Madero. Biogr ...

was born in Teotitlán in 1871 and

Enrique Flores Magón Enrique Flores Magón (13 April 1877 – 28 October 1954) was a Mexican journalist and politician, associated with the Mexican Liberal Party and anarchism. His name is most frequently linked with that of his elder brother, Ricardo Flores Magó ...

in 1877, who together with their brother

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 was born in nearby San Antonio Eloxochitlán- stood out in the opposition to the government of

Porfirio Díaz José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori (; ; 15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915) was a General (Mexico), Mexican general and politician who was the dictator of Mexico from 1876 until Mexican Revolution, his overthrow in 1911 seizing power in a Plan ...

and are considered precursors of the Mexican Revolution. In their honor, in 1977 the Congress of Oaxaca officially changed the name of the town from Teotitlán del Camino to Teotitlán de Flores Magón.

References

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