San Juan Teposcolula

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footnotes = San Juan Teposcolula is a town and municipality in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, but it is better known simply as Tesposcolula. The name means “next to the twist in copper”.cite web |url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/oaxaca/municipios/20221a.htm |title=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México, Oaxaca, San Juan Teposcolula |accessdate=2008-02-24 |format= |work= ]

The town

It is located 2,300 meters above sea level and is part of the Mixtec region of Oaxaca state. The name means “next to the twist in copper”. Long ago the town was known as San Juan Itnuyana. The current town was founded in 1561. The main economic activities are logging and the production of mescal.cite web |url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/oaxaca/municipios/20221a.htm |title=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México, Oaxaca, San Juan Teposcolula |accessdate=2008-02-24 |format= |work= ]

The town has the convent complex of San Pedro y San Pablo (Saints Peter and Paul). Mexico Desconocido, a magazine dedicated to tourism in the lesser-known areas of Mexico, says that it has an incredible collection of architecture and sculpture, as well as a very large open-air Renaissance-style chapel that is one of the most beautiful in Mexico.cite journal |last= Quintanar Hinojosa |first=Beatriz |year=2007 |month= August |title=Ciudad de Oaxaca |journal=Guía México Desconocido: Oaxaca |volume= 137 |pages=82 |url= www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx ]

The municipality

As municipal seat, Teposcolula has governing jurisdiction over the following communities:

Barrio de los Osorno, Cuadra el Hule, Cuadra Número Uno, Desviación Yucudaa, El Calvario, La Cieneguilla, La Garita, La Rosa, La Siempre Viva, Río Colorado (Rancho Yusadolo), Reforma, Refugio de Morelos, San Miguel Marcos Pérez, Santa María Pozoltepec, Satayuco, and Tierra Blanca

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