La Compañía is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in southern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 93.13 km2. It is part of the Ejutla District in the south of the Valles Centrales Region.
La Compañía | |
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Municipality and town | |
  La Compañía Location in Mexico  La Compañía La Compañía (Mexico) | |
| Coordinates: 16°33′N 96°49′W / 16.550°N 96.817°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Oaxaca |
| Area | |
| • Total | 93.13 km2 (35.96 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 3,367 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central) |
| Website | https://www.lacompaniaoaxaca.com/ |
In 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3,367.[1]
The settlement's name comes from a local hacienda that formerly belonged to the Roman Catholic Church's Jesuit Order (known as La Compañía de Jesús in Spanish), the name of which was conserved following the expulsion of the Jesuits in the 1760s.[2]
References edit
- ^ "La Compañia". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on December 11, 2004. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
- ^ "La Compañía: Historia". Ayuntamiento Constitucional del Municipio de La Compañía. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
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