Santiago Jamiltepec (Mixtec: Casandoo) is a town, and the seat of surrounding
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
of the same name, in the
Mexican state of
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 ...
.
It is located in the
Jamiltepec District in the west of the
Costa Chica Region, 30 km east of
Pinotepa Nacional on
Federal Highway 200, and 460 km southwest of
state capital
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Oaxaca de Juárez.
The municipality
In the 2005
INEGI census, the municipality reported a population of 17,206 inhabitants, of whom 4,155 spoke an
indigenous language
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, predominantly
Mixtec
The Mixtecs (), or Mixtecos, are Indigenous Mesoamerican peoples of Mexico inhabiting the region known as La Mixteca of Oaxaca and Puebla as well as La Montaña Region and Costa Chica of Guerrero, Costa Chica Regions of the state of Guerre ...
.
As municipal seat, Santiago Jamiltepec has governing jurisdiction over the following communities:
Atotonilquillo Charco Nduayoo
Cuyuche, El Añil, El Guayabo, El Guineo, El Platanillo, El Santo, El Zapote Negro, El Zarzal, Emiliano Zapata (Chiapas), Espiga Verde, Finca la Natividad, La Comunal, La Esperanza, La Fábrica, La Huichicata, La Humedad, La Palmera, La Tuza, Las Palmitas, Los Cerreros, Nandayo, Parcela de Producción INI, Paso de la Reina, Patria Nueva, Piedra Ancha, Piedra Blanca, Plan de los Amates, Rancho la Isla, Rancho San Antonio, Río Viejo, San José de las Flores,
San José Río Verde (La Boquilla), San Miguel de los Pinos, Santa Cruz Flores Magón,
Santa Elena Comaltepec, and Unión Linda Vista
References
Santiago Jamiltepec''(Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México)''
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Municipalities of Oaxaca