Magdalena Jaltepec

Magdalena Jaltepec is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in southwestern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 184.99 km². It is part of the Nochixtlán District in the southeast of the Mixteca Region.

Magdalena Jaltepec
Municipality and town
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Coordinates: 17°19′N 97°13′W
Country	Mexico
State	Oaxaca
Area
• Total	184.99 km2 (71.43 sq mi)
Elevation [1]	2,020 m (6,630 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	3,313
	[2]
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central)

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3,463.^[1]

The community's 16th-century church boasts a number of colonial-era polychrome and other santos (statues of Roman Catholic saints).^[3]

Known rulers

Main article: Mixtec § Jaltepec, Añute

See also

• Jaltepec River
• Jaltepec Mixe