La Compañía is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in southern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 93.13 km2. It is part of the Ejutla District in the south of the Valles Centrales Region.
La Compañía | |
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Municipality and town | |
  La Compañía Location in Mexico  La Compañía La Compañía (Mexico) | |
| Coordinates: 16°33′N 96°49′W / 16.550°N 96.817°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Oaxaca |
| Area | |
• Total | 93.13 km2 (35.96 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 3,607 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central) |
| Website | https://www.lacompaniaoaxaca.com/ |
In 2020, the municipality had a total population of 3,607.[1]
The settlement's name comes from a local hacienda that formerly belonged to the Roman Catholic Church's Jesuit Order (known as La Compañía de Jesús in Spanish), the name of which was conserved following the expulsion of the Jesuits in the 1760s.[2]
Localities
editThere are five towns in the municipality of La Compañía: Agua Blanca, Agua del Espino, La Compañía, La Labor, and Río de Ejutla.[3]
Language
editMost of the population speaks Spanish, and the indigenous communities in this municipality use eight different indigenous languages: Nahuatl, Mazahua, Chinanteco, Chatino, Mixteco, Triqui, Mixe, and Zapoteco.[4]
References
edit- ^ "La Compañía: Economy, employment, equity, quality of life, education, health and public safety". Data México. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
- ^ "La Compañía: Historia". Ayuntamiento Constitucional del Municipio de La Compañía. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ "Localities in La Compañía (Oaxaca, Mexico) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
- ^ "La Compañía: Economy, employment, equity, quality of life, education, health and public safety". Data México. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
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