Santa Cruz Mixtepec is a town and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

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

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. The town covers an area of 66.34 km². It is part of the

Zimatlán District Zimatlán District is located in the west of the Valles Centrales Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. Municipalities The district includes the following municipalities: * Ayoquezco de Aldama * Ciénega de Zimatlán * Magdalena Mixtepec *San ...

in the west of the Valles Centrales Region In 2005, the municipality had a population of 2,984. The church is notable for a number of colonial-era ''santos'' or statues of the saints, many of them executed in fine polychrome that has been well preserved.Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient Churches: Santa Cruz Mixtepec
Retrieved 13 April 20123. File:Palacio Gobierno de Santa Cruz Mixtepec .jpg, Palacio Municipal de Santa Cruz Mixtepec

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