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Santa Cruz Xitla

Coordinates: 16°19′N 96°40′W / 16.317°N 96.667°W / 16.317; -96.667
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Santa Cruz Xitla
Municipality and town
Santa Cruz Xitla is located in Mexico
Santa Cruz Xitla
Santa Cruz Xitla
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°19′N 96°40′W / 16.317°N 96.667°W / 16.317; -96.667
Country Mexico
StateOaxaca
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
Palm weaver in Xitla

Santa Cruz Xitla is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of km2. It is part of the Miahuatlán District in the south of the Sierra Sur Region.

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3,933.[1]

Municipal president Pedro Modesto Santos died of COVID-19 in September 2020. He was the eighth municipal president in Oaxaca to die of the virus.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "-". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
  2. ^ Rodríguez, Óscar (September 23, 2020). "Muere por coronavirus alcalde de Santa Cruz Xitla, Oaxaca". www.msn.com. Milenio. Retrieved Sep 24, 2020.