Santiago Tilantongo

Santiago Tilantongo is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. It is part of the Nochixtlán District in the southeast of the Mixteca Region.

Santiago Tilantongo
Municipality and town
Country Mexico
StateOaxaca
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

As of 2005, Santiago Tilantongo had a total population of 3348 living in 827 residences. Almost half speak an indigenous language, and all but about 200 are Roman Catholic. The municipality has a pre-school, an elementary school and a telesecundaria, as well as a rural medical clinic, a tianguis market, and a Dominican church.[1] The church dates from the early colonial era and has a number of excellent santos, statues of saints, many done in fine polychrome and some dating to the 16th and 17th centuries.[2]

References

  1. "-". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
  2. Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient Churches: Santiago Tilantongo. Retrieved 2012-4-15


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