Santa María Jalapa del Marqués

Santa María Jalapa del Marqués
Municipality and town
View from the shore of Lake Benito Juárez
View from the shore of Lake Benito Juárez
Santa María Jalapa del Marqués is located in Mexico
Santa María Jalapa del Marqués
Santa María Jalapa del Marqués
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°26′28″N 95°26′38″W / 16.441°N 95.444°W / 16.441; -95.444
Country Mexico
StateOaxaca
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

Santa María Jalapa del Marqués is a small city and a municipiality in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. They are both part of the Tehuantepec District in the west of the Istmo Region.[1]

The city

Jalapa del Marqués stands on Federal Highway 190, on the southern shore of the Presa Juárez reservoir. The city serves as the municipal seat and administrative centre for the surrounding municipality of the same name.

The municipality

In 2020, the population was 11,735 (48.2% men and 51.8% women).[2] Santa María Jalapa del Marqués municipality governs the following communities:

  • Arroyo las Truchas
  • Benito Juárez Chica
  • Campamento de la Victoria (Quinta la Iguana)
  • Cerro del Chivo, Cerro del Marqués
  • Colonia Presidente Juárez
  • El Arenal
  • El Reparo
  • El Tamarindo
  • Granja del Ángel
  • Guadalupe Victoria
  • Guichiquero
  • Llano Grande
  • Llano Vería
  • Loma Bonita
  • Magdalena Guelavence
  • Peña San Juan
  • Pochotillo
  • San Cristóbal
  • Santa Elena de la Cruz
  • Solo Dios
  • Vishiñadu (El Palenque)

References

  1. ^ Rosete, Erika (17 February 2024). "Santa María Jalapa del Marqués, el pueblo con un embalse que se seca y revela un convento del Siglo XVI". El País México (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Santa María Jalapa del Marqués: Economy, employment, equity, quality of life, education, health and public safety". Data México. Government of Mexico. Retrieved 29 June 2024.