San Francisco Logueche

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San Francisco Logueche
Municipality and town
San Francisco Logueche is located in Mexico
San Francisco Logueche
San Francisco Logueche
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°21′N 96°23′W / 16.350°N 96.383°W / 16.350; -96.383
Country Mexico
StateOaxaca
Area
 • Total76.55 km2 (29.56 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total2,240
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

San Francisco Logueche is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 76.55 km². It is part of the Miahuatlán District in the south of the Sierra Sur Region.[1]

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 2,240.[2]

Amatlán Zapotec is spoken in the town. It is located "at the foot of a very tall mountain" called Yiroos in Zapotec.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Oaxaca - San Francisco Logueche". Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México (in Spanish). Retrieved 2014-03-10.
  2. ^ "San Francisco Logueche". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
  3. ^ Riggs, Silvia. "Amatlán Zapotec (zpo)". Summer Institute of Linguistics in Mexico. Retrieved 2014-03-10.