San Juan Teposcolula is a town and municipality in the State of Oaxaca

Oaxaca

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, often known simply as Tesposcolula. The name Teposcolula means “next to the twist in copper”.
It is part of the Teposcolula District

Teposcolula District, Oaxaca

Teposcolula District is located in the center of the Mixteca Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico.-Municipalities:The district includes the following municipalities:*Chilapa de Diaz*La Trinidad Vista Hermosa*San Andrés Lagunas...

 in the center of the Mixteca Region

Mixteca Region, Oaxaca

The Mixteca Region is a region in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, part of the broader La Mixteca area which covers parts of the states of Puebla, Guerrero and Oaxaca....

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The town

The town is 2,300 meters above sea level. Long ago the it was known as San Juan Itnuyana. The current town was founded in 1561. The main economic activities are logging and the production of mescal.

The town has the convent complex of San Pedro y San Pablo (Saints Peter and Paul). Mexico Desconocido, a magazine dedicated to tourism in the lesser-known areas of Mexico, says that it has an incredible collection of architecture and sculpture, as well as a very large open-air Renaissance-style chapel that is one of the most beautiful in Mexico.

The municipality

As of 2005, the municipality had 349 households with a total population of 1,344 of whom three spoke an indigenous language.
Teposcolula includes the following communities:

• Barrio de los Osorno,
• Cuadra el Hule,
• Cuadra Número Uno,
• Desviación Yucudaa,
• El Calvario,
• La Cieneguilla,
• La Garita,
• La Rosa,
• La Siempre Viva,
• Río Colorado (Rancho Yusadolo),
• Reforma,
• Refugio de Morelos,
• San Miguel Marcos Pérez,
• Santa María Pozoltepec,
• Satayuco
• Tierra Blanca