San Pedro Cajonos

Municipality in Oaxaca, Mexico
17°10′N 96°17′W / 17.167°N 96.283°W / 17.167; -96.283Country MexicoStateOaxacaTime zoneUTC-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

  1. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Words of Life ZAPOTEC, CAJONOS People/Language Movie Trailer. YouTube.
  2. ^ "Zapotec, Cajonos language".
  3. ^ "San Pedro Cajonos". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on 17 May 2004. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
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