Concepción Pápalo is a town and
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
Oaxaca
Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of Mexico. It is ...
in south-western
Mexico
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. The municipality covers an area of 94.4 km
2.
It is part of
Cuicatlán District in the north of the
Cañada Region.
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 2,920.
Moth ''
Homoeocera papalo'' is named after the town.
References
Municipalities of Oaxaca
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