Villa Díaz Ordaz
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Villa Díaz Ordaz 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 km2. It is part of the
Tlacolula District Tlacolula District is located in the east of the Valles Centrales Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. Municipalities The district includes the following municipalities: * Albarradas * Benito Juarez, Oaxaca * CD.Yagul * El Carrizal, Oaxaca * ...
in the east of the Valles Centrales Region.The name of the town was formally called Santo Domingo del Valle. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 5,859. The community's church, Santo Domingo Díaz Ordaz, was built in 1526 and is noted for a number of ''santos'', traditional statues of Roman Catholic saints. Some can be dated to the sixteenth century but are still preserved and in use by local citizens, who provide them with flowers and sometimes even with modern dolls as adjuncts, as in the image on the left.Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient Churches: Santo Domingo Díaz Ordaz
Retrieved 2012-04-13.


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