San Juan Teitipac
Municipality and town in Oaxaca, Mexico
16°56′N 96°36′W / 16.933°N 96.600°W / 16.933; -96.600 (2005)
San Juan Teitipac is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 11.48 km². It is part of the Tlacolula District in the east of the Valles Centrales Region.
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 2,552.[1]
Culture
The town's 16th-century church is notable for a number of colonial-era santos (statues of the saints), some of them in the refined Spanish tradition and others of intriguing folk design.[2]
- San Paciencia portrays Jesus after his torments in the praetorium.
- The Beheading of St. John the Baptist
- An Ecce Homo santo
References
- ^ "San Juan Teitipac". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
- ^ Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient Churches: San Juan Teitipac. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
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Municipalities of Tlacolula District, Oaxaca
- Magdalena Teitipac
- Rojas de Cuauhtémoc
- San Bartolomé Quialana
- San Dionisio Ocotepec
- San Francisco Lachigoló
- San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya
- San Juan del Río, Oaxaca
- San Juan Guelavía
- San Juan Teitipac
- San Lorenzo Albarradas
- San Lucas Quiaviní
- San Pablo Villa de Mitla
- San Pedro Quiatoni
- San Pedro Totolapa
- San Sebastián Abasolo
- San Sebastián Teitipac
- Santa Ana del Valle
- Santa Cruz Papalutla
- Santa María Guelacé
- Santa María Zoquitlán
- Santiago Matatlán
- Santo Domingo Albarradas
- Teotitlán del Valle
- Tlacolula de Matamoros
- Villa Díaz Ordaz
See also Municipalities of Oaxaca