Santa Magdalena Jicotlán
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Santa Magdalena Jicotlán is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. It is part of the
Mixteca Region
.
The municipality covers an area of 48.48 km2, surrounded by the Sierra Madre Oriental.
As of the 2010 census, the town (locality) had a population of 92 inhabitants, while the municipality had a total population of 93 (officially, there was one rural resident in a place called Barrio San Miguel). It is the smallest municipality in Mexico in population. (The next-smallest is Santiago Tepetlapa, also in Oaxaca.)
The main economic activity is agriculture, with some people also keeping goats and chickens.
The town has a Catholic church dedicated to Mary Magdalene, built in the mid eighteenth century with baroque influences. It has a kindergarten and an elementary school, each with one teacher.[1]
References
- ^ "SANTA MAGDALENA JICOTLÁN". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
17°48′24″N 97°28′16″W / 17.80667°N 97.47111°W