Villa Alta District

Villa Alta District
District

Oaxaca regions and districts: Sierra Norte to Northeast
Coordinates: 17°20′N 96°9′W / 17.333°N 96.150°W / 17.333; -96.150Coordinates: 17°20′N 96°9′W / 17.333°N 96.150°W / 17.333; -96.150
Country  Mexico
State Oaxaca

Villa Alta District is located in the center of the Sierra Norte Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. It has an area of 1,156 km2 of mountainous country, divided into 25 municipalities.

As of 2007 there were 99 settlements of which 72 had electricity and 38 had a supply of potable water in 2007. As of 2005 the total population was 29,009. The main food crops are maize and beans. Coffee is the most important cash crop, and there is some sugar cane production.[1]

Municipalities

Villa Alta municipalities

The district includes the following municipalities:[2]

MunicipalityArea km22005
Population		Indigenous
language
speakers
San Andrés Solaga381,699
San Andrés Yaá37378
San Baltazar Yatzachi el Bajo48690
San Bartolomé Zoogocho23381
San Cristóbal Lachirioag241130
San Francisco Cajonos26371
San Ildefonso Villa Alta1373,100
San Juan Juquila Vijanos371,908
San Juan Tabaá271,091
San Juan Yaeé931,344
San Juan Yatzona38561
San Mateo Cajonos26574
San Melchor Betaza37919
San Pablo Yaganiza
San Pedro Cajonos
Santa María Temaxcalapa
Santa María Yalina
Santiago Camotlán3333,0892,461
Santiago Lalopa
Santiago Zoochila
Santo Domingo Roayaga
Santo Domingo Xagacía
Tanetze de Zaragoza591,581 of1,327
Villa Hidalgo
Villa Talea de Castro

References

  1. ↑ "Distrito 13 Villa Alta" (PDF). oeidrus. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
  2. ↑ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Estado de Oaxaca". Retrieved 2010-07-08.
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