Santa Ana del Valle 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' ...

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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. 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. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 1,996. The town's church is notable for its large number of fine colonial-era ''santos'' (statues of saints), many executed in polychrome and well preserved to this day.Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient Churches: Santa Ana del Valle
Retrieved 2012-04-13.

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