Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón

Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón, formerly known as San Antonio Eloxochitlán, is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is located in the La Cañada region of Northern Oaxaca.Originally home to the indigenous Zapotec, the inhabitants were eventually crowded out by Mazatecs.

The municipality encompasses approximately 28 km and, as of 2005, had a population of 4,042.

The town

Franciscans arrived in about 1827 and founded the town, the first in Mazatec territory to be built by outsiders. [cite encyclopedia |title=Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón |encyclopedia=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México |volume= |pages=
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The city is best known as the birthplace of the Mexican Revolutionary journalist and activist Ricardo Flores Magón, after whom the municipality was renamed.

The municipality

As municipal seat Eloxochitlán has governing authority over the following communities:

Agua Ancha, Agua Colorada, Agua de Cuchara (Agua de Cucharón), Agua de Cueva, Agua de Máscara, Agua Escalera, Agua Iglesia, Agua Torcida, Barrio la Escopeta, Barrio Moctezuma, Camote Español, Cerro de Plaza, Colonia las Flores, Corral, El Cimiento, El Maguey, La Raya San Pedro, La Tranca, Peña Colorada, Plan de Cebolla (Cebollín), Puente de Fierro, Puerto Rosete, Rincón de las Flores (Rincón Brujo), and San José Buenavista

References

External links

*es icon [http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/oaxaca/municipios/20029a.htm Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón] "(Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México)"