Yucuquimi de Ocampo
Encyclopedia
Yucuquimi de Ocampo is a small town in the municipality
of Tezoatlán de Segura y Luna
, in the Huajuapan District
of the Mixteca Baja region, in the state of Oaxaca
, Mexico
. Yucuquimi is home to a population of Mixtec
people. The Mixtec Language
, specifically Mixteco de Tezoatlán, is widely spoken here.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
of Tezoatlán de Segura y Luna
Tezoatlán de Segura y Luna
Tezoatlán de Segura y Luna is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. It is part of the Huajuapan District in the north of the Mixteca Region.As of 2000, the municipality had a total population of 5,334.-Towns:...
, in the Huajuapan District
Huajuapan District, Oaxaca
Huajuapan District is located in the north of the Mixteca Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. The principal city is Huajuapan de León.-Municipalities:The district includes the following municipalities:*Asunción Cuyotepeji*Cosoltepec...
of the Mixteca Baja region, in the state of Oaxaca
Oaxaca
Oaxaca , , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca is one of the 31 states which, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided into 571 municipalities; of which 418 are governed by the system of customs and traditions...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. Yucuquimi is home to a population of Mixtec
Mixtec
The Mixtec are indigenous Mesoamerican peoples inhabiting the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Guerrero and Puebla in a region known as La Mixteca. The Mixtecan languages form an important branch of the Otomanguean language family....
people. The Mixtec Language
Mixtecan languages
The Mixtec language, actually multiple languages, belong to Otomanguean language family of Mexico, and are closely related to the Trique and Cuicatec languages. They are spoken by over half a million people. Identifying how many Mixtec languages there are in this complex dialect continuum poses...
, specifically Mixteco de Tezoatlán, is widely spoken here.
External links
- FOTOGRAFÍAS DE YUCUQUIMI DE OCAMPO, photos of Yucuquimi de Ocampo and the area