San Bartolomé Quialana

San Bartolomé Quialana
Municipality and town
San Bartolomé Quialana

Location in Mexico

Coordinates: 16°54′N 96°30′W / 16.900°N 96.500°W / 16.900; -96.500Coordinates: 16°54′N 96°30′W / 16.900°N 96.500°W / 16.900; -96.500
Country  Mexico
State Oaxaca
Area
  Total 49.76 km2 (19.21 sq mi)
Population (2005)
  Total 2,485
Time zone Central Standard Time (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)

San Bartolomé Quialana is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 49.76 km². It is part of the Tlacolula District in the east of the Valles Centrales Region.

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 2485.[1]

Women in the area wear traditional clothing.

Quialana is a Zapotec word that means "black rocks" or "blackened rocks." This is associated with the fact that there is a rocky hill in the area which is called Picacho or Yubda (in Zapotec, "Sun Rock).

References

  1. "San Bartolomé Quialana". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved June 12, 2009.


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