Santo Domingo Tepuxtepec 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' ...
in
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
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
. The municipality covers an area of km
2.
It is part of the
Sierra Mixe
The Sierra Mixe or Mixes District is a district in the east of the Sierra Norte Region of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It comprises 17 municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corp ...
district within the
Sierra Norte de Oaxaca
La Sierra Norte de Oaxaca is a heavily wooded region in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.
It is 62 km from the city of Oaxaca on Federal highway 175, heading east towards Tuxtepec.
The region is divided into three districts: Ixtlán, which ha ...
Region.
As of 2015, the municipality had a total population of 4,815 inhabitants.
References
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Municipalities of Oaxaca