Santa Ana Zegache is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 26.79 km². It is part of the Ocotlán District in the south of the Valles Centrales Region.
Santa Ana Zegache | |
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Municipality and town | |
  Santa Ana Zegache Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 16°50′09.33″N 96°43′46.24″W / 16.8359250°N 96.7295111°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Oaxaca |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3,196.[1]
A project dedicated to restoring artifacts from the church, Zegache Talleres Comunitarios, was founded by painter Rodolfo Morales, and continues to employ and train many local people.
Yatzeche Zapotec was formerly spoken in the town.[2]
References
edit- ^ "-". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
- ^ "Zapotec, Santa Inés Yatzechi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
External links
edit- Zegache Talleres Comunitarios website
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