Santa Cruz Xitla is a town and

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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 municipality covers an area of km². It is part of the

Miahuatlán District Miahuatlán District is located in the south of the Sierra Sur Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. Municipalities The district includes the following municipalities: *Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz *Monjas * San Andrés Paxtlán * San Crist� ...

in the south of the Sierra Sur Region. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3933. Municipal president Pedro Modesto Santos died of

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in September

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. He was the eighth municipal president in Oaxaca to die of the virus.

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