- Santo Domingo Yanhuitlán
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footnotes =Santo Dominto Yanhuitlán is a village and municipality in the state of
Oaxaca ,Mexico , located northeast of Oaxaca city. It is 2,140 meters above sea level. Its name comes from the patron saint of the town (Saint Dominic) and the last part is fromNáhuatl meaning “near something new”.The town
The town was founded by
Dominican friars 10 years after the Spanish came to Oaxaca. Historically, Yanhuitlán has been the commercial center of theMixtec people, exportingsilk toMexico City , Puebla and Oaxaca city. Communal earnings are kept in chests locked with 3 keys to conserve them for the cultural development of each of the seven “neighborhoods” of Yanahuitlán: Ayuxu Dana, Xayujo, Tico, Tinde, Yudayo. Yuxacoyo y Yuyuxa. cite web |url=http://www.inafed.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/oaxaca/municipios/20533a.htm|title=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México]The town has an antique organ registered with the
Instituto de Órganos Históricos de Oaxaca (Institute of Historic Organs of Oaxaca), which was built around the year1700 .cite web |url=http://www.iohio.org/es/organos/yanhuitlan.htm|title= Instituto de Órganos Históricos de Oaxaca: Yanhuitlán]This organ is placed in the Templo y Ex-convento de Santo Domingo (Temple and Exconvent of Saint Dominic), built around the middle of the 16th century. It has a notable façade, baptismal font, “sotocoro” roof, various altarpieces (retablos) on the sides of the church as well as a main altarpiece constructed like a folding screen.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=]
The municipality
As municipal seat, Yanhuitlán has governing jurisdiction over the following communities:
Barrio de los Arcos, Caja de Agua, El Jazmín, La Cantera, La Cieneguilla, La Laguna, Los Dos Corazones, Rancho Celerino, vendaño, Río Grande, San Sebastián (Primera Sección), Tijua, Tooxi, Xaacahua, Xacañi, Xahayucuanino, Yucudahuico, Yudayo, and Yuxaxiño
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