San Bartolomé Loxicha

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San Bartolomé Loxicha
Municipality and town
San Bartolomé Loxicha is located in Mexico
San Bartolomé Loxicha
San Bartolomé Loxicha
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 15°58′N 96°42′W / 15.967°N 96.700°W / 15.967; -96.700
Country Mexico
StateOaxaca
Area
 • Total191.4 km2 (73.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total2,617
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

San Bartolomé Loxicha is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 191.4 km2. It is part of the Pochutla District in the east of the Costa Region.

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 2,617.[1]

Mayor Alejandro Hernández Santos was murdered on April 28, 2017.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "San Bartolomé Loxicha". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
  2. ^ "Asesinan a edil de San Bartolomé Loxicha, Oaxaca". 28 April 2017.