San Martín Tilcajete
San Martín Tilcajete | |
|---|---|
Toun & Municipality | |
| San Martín Tilcajete | |
 Wumman leukin at Alebrijes for sale at the weekly mercat | |
  San Martín Tilcajete Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 16°51′32″N 96°41′42″W / 16.85889°N 96.69500°WCoordinates: 16°51′32″N 96°41′42″W / 16.85889°N 96.69500°W | |
| Kintra |  Mexico |
| State | Oaxaca |
| Founded | Aroond 1600 (modren dounset) |
| Municipal Status | 1883 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Municipal Preses | Hugo Gómez Mendez (2008-2010) |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 26.79 km2 (10.34 sq mi) |
| Elevation (of seat) | 1540 m (5,050 ft) |
| Population (2005) Municipality | |
| • Municipality | 1,631 |
| • Seat | 1624 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| Postal code (of seat) | 71506 |
| Area code(s) | 951 |
San Martín Tilcajete is a toun an municipality locatit aboot 23 kilometre (14 mi) frae the ceety o Oaxaca, in the state o Oaxaca, in the sooth o Mexico.[1] It is pairt o the Ocotlán Destrict in the sooth o the Valles Centrales Region
The municipality is smaw an landwart wi aw but seiven o its 1,631 residents livin in the toun (as of the 2005 Mexican Census[update]).[2] It is a tradeetional an historically Zapotec veelage. The Zapotec leid wis lost three generations ago, but it the municipal govrenment faws unner the legal category o “tradeetional uisses an customs” based on auncient commonty norms.[3] The commonty is best kent for its production o “alebrijes,” which are firth carvins o real or fantastic creaturs pentit in bricht colors an intricate patterns.[4]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "San Martín Tilcajete". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived frae the original on 22 Julie 2011. Retrieved 12 Apryle 2010.
- ↑ "INEGI Census 2005" (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 Apryle 2010.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ Serrano Oswald, S. Eréndira (Julie 2008). "The phenomenon of migration in San Martín Tilcajete, Oaxaca. A qualitative and gender sensitive women- focused reading of some of the dimensions of vulnerability on site". Bonn, Germany: United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security. Archived frae the original on 11 Juin 2007. Retrieved 12 Apryle 2010.
- ↑ Martinez, Michael (26 Apryle 2007). "Craft is part of village life in Oaxacan region". Mercury News. San José, CA. Retrieved 12 Apryle 2010.