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San Juan Teitipac

Coordinates: 16°56′N 96°36′W / 16.933°N 96.600°W / 16.933; -96.600
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San Juan Teitipac
Municipality and town
San Juan Teitipac is located in Mexico
San Juan Teitipac
San Juan Teitipac
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°56′N 96°36′W / 16.933°N 96.600°W / 16.933; -96.600
Country Mexico
StateOaxaca
Area
 • Total
11.48 km2 (4.43 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total
2,552
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

San Juan Teitipac is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 11.48 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 2,552.[1]

Culture

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The town's 16th-century church is notable for a number of colonial-era santos (statues of the saints), some of them in the refined Spanish tradition and others of intriguing folk design.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "San Juan Teitipac". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
  2. ^ Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient Churches: San Juan Teitipac. Retrieved 2012-04-13.