- San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca
San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca is a small town and municipality located in the State of
Oaxaca ,Mexico . The name, “Coixtlahuaca” means ‘plain of snakes’ in theNahuatl language . The town was founded by theChocholtec s in 37 AD. Their last emperor wasAtonaltzin , who fought against theMexica s. Two times he was defeated, the second and last time byMoctezuma II , who conquered much of this area.cite web |url=http:// http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/oaxaca/municipios/20176a.htm |title=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México ESTADO DE OAXACA,SAN JUAN BAUTISTA COIXTLAHUACA|accessdate=2008-02-21 |format= |work= ]It is located in the northeast part of the state of Oaxaca, 2,100 meters above sea level near the
Cuacnopalan -Oaxaca highway.cite journal |last= Quintanar Hinojosa |first=Beatriz |year=2007 |month= August |title=La Mixteca y sus fabulosos conventos |journal=Guía México Desconocido: Oaxaca |volume= 137 |pages=80 |url= www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx ] Its main attraction is the Iglesia de San Juan Bautista (Church of Saint John the Baptist). Completed in1576 , it is of Renaissance style withrose window s, sculptures, and a main entrance with dozens of recesses. It also has aBaroque -stylealtarpiece (retablo).The municipality
As municipal seat, San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca has governing jurisdiction over the following communities:
Barrio de Magdalena, Boca de Perro, Carrizal, Cerro de Agua (Tercera Sección), Cerro el Águila, Cuesta Blanca, El Cachuche, El Capulín (Sección Primera), El Guajolote, El Portezuelo, El Sotol, El Tepozán (Sección Segunda), El Zapato, El Zapotal (Sección Tercera), Estancia, Ixcate, Jazmín Río Poblano, La Ciénega, La Cruz, La Mulata, Laguna Seca, Narrege, Río Blanco, Río Poblano, San Jerónimo Otla, Santa Catarina Ocotlán, Sección Cuarta (Los Rodríguez), Tecamachalco, Tronco del Río and Zacate Amarillo
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