Santa Cruz de Bravo

Santa Cruz de Bravo is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 112.27 km² at an average height of 1,640 meters above sea level. It is part of the Silacayoapam District in the Mixteca Region.^[1]

Santa Cruz de Bravo
Municipality and town
Santa Cruz de Bravo Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°34′54″N 98°13′23″W
Country	Mexico
State	Oaxaca
Area
• Total	112.27 km2 (43.35 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	379
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

As of 2005 the municipality had 86 households with a total population of 379, of whom 12 spoke indigenous languages.^{[citation needed]}

The main town, originally Rancho Santa Cruz, is named after Leonardo Bravo, father of 19th century interim Mexican president Nicolás Bravo.^{[citation needed]}

Geography

It is located on the main road from Silacayoapam to Mariscala de Juárez. The climate is temperate. 90% of the population are engaged in agriculture, mainly growing corn and beans, with some raising livestock in their back yards.^[1]