San Pedro Cajonos
San Pedro Cajonos | |
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  San Pedro Cajonos Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 17°10′N 96°17′W / 17.167°N 96.283°WCoordinates: 17°10′N 96°17′W / 17.167°N 96.283°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Oaxaca |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
San Pedro Cajonos is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of km². It is part of the Villa Alta District in the center of the Sierra Norte Region. It was founded on September 16, 1700 and given the name of San Pedro Cajonos. The language spoken in the town is a mix of Spanish and a lesser amount of spoken indigenous language called Cajonos Zapotec.,[1][2]
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of .[3]
References[]
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Words of Life ZAPOTEC, CAJONOS People/Language Movie Trailer. YouTube.
- ^ "Zapotec, Cajonos language".
- ^ Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/oaxaca/municipios/20303a.htm. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
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