Magdalena Jaltepec

Magdalena Jaltepec
Municipality and town
Magdalena Jaltepec

Location in Mexico

Coordinates: 17°19′N 97°13′W / 17.317°N 97.217°W / 17.317; -97.217Coordinates: 17°19′N 97°13′W / 17.317°N 97.217°W / 17.317; -97.217
Country  Mexico
State Oaxaca
Area
  Total 184.99 km2 (71.43 sq mi)
Population (2005)
  Total 3,463
Time zone Central Standard Time (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)

Magdalena Jaltepec is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 184.99 km². It is part of the Nochixtlán District in the southeast of the Mixteca Region.

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3463.[1]

The community's 16th-century church boasts a number of colonial-era polychrome and other santos - statues of Roman Catholic saints.[2]

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