Chalcatongo de Hidalgo | |
|---|---|
Municipality and town | |
Chalcatongo de Hidalgo Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 17°02′N 97°35′W / 17.033°N 97.583°W / 17.033; -97.583 | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Oaxaca |
| Area | |
• Total | 111 km2 (43 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
• Total | 2,091 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
Chalcatongo de Hidalgo (also, Chalcatongo and Villa Hidalgo) (Mixtec: Ñuundaya, 'place of the underworld'1) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is part of the Tlaxiaco District in the south of the Mixteca Region.2
It is the birthplace of former Governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz.
17°02′N 97°35′W / 17.033°N 97.583°W / 17.033; -97.583
References
References
- Whittaker, Gordon (1 January 1993). "The Study of North Mesoamerican Place-Signs". INDIANA - Estudios Antropológicos sobre América Latina y el Caribe. 13: 31. doi:10.18441/ind.v13i0.9-38.
- "-". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on January 28, 2007. Retrieved June 12, 2009.