San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya
San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya | |
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 Templo de San Jerónimo | |
  San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya | |
| Coordinates: 17°00′N 96°09′W / 17.000°N 96.150°W | |
| Kintra |  Mexico |
| State | Oaxaca |
| Municipal Seat | San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya |
| Elevation | 1180 m (3,870 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya is a toun an municipality in the Mexican state o Oaxaca, 21 km frae the ceety o Oaxaca on Federal Heich-gate 190 atween Santa Maria del Tule an Mitla.[1] It is pairt o the Tlacolula Destrict in the east o the Valles Centrales Region. The name Tlacochahuaya comes frae Nahuatl an means “in wet land” or “in the swamp.”
The toun
[eedit | eedit soorce]Tradeetion states that the toun wis foondit bi a Zapotec warrior bi the name o Cochicahuala, which means “he who fechts bi nicht”. Efter the Conquest the laund wis grantit tae Señor Don Gaspar Calderón an the aurie wis evangelizit bi the Dominicans.[2]
Its main kirk is the Templo de San Jerónimo, which wis biggit alang wi a monastery at the end o the 16t century. It haes notable altarpieces (retablos) an a organ that dates frae colonial times. Normally they let visitors climb the massive structur tae leuk closer.[1] The organ wis biggit atween 1725 an 1730 an restored in 1990-1991. It is registered wi the Instituto de Órganos Históricos de Oaxaca (Institute o Historic Organs o Oaxaca).[3]
The municipality
[eedit | eedit soorce]The main economic activities are agricultur (corn, beans an various fruits), dairy fermin an the production o mescal.[2] As municipal seat, San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya haes govrenin jurisdiction ower the follaein commonties: La Loma, Luis Alonso León, Macuilxóchitl de Artigas Carranza an Ojo de Agua
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b Quintanar Hinojosa, Beatriz (2007). "Joyas ocultas de los valles centrales". Guía México Desconocido: Oaxaca. 137: 88. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ a b "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México Oaxaca San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya". Archived frae the original on 18 Julie 2011. Retrieved 24 Januar 2014.
- ↑ "San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya (English version)". Archived frae the original on 7 Januar 2009. Retrieved 27 Februar 2008.
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]Santos in Oaxaca's Auncient Kirks: San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya Archived 2012-12-02 at Archive.today - Airt-historical study o the santos (statues o saunts) in the kirk.