San Lorenzo Albarradas is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 61.24 km². It is part of the Tlacolula District in the east of the Valles Centrales Region.
San Lorenzo Albarradas | |
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Municipality and town | |
  San Lorenzo Albarradas Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 16°54′N 96°15′W / 16.900°N 96.250°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Oaxaca |
| Area | |
| • Total | 61.24 km2 (23.64 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 2,477 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 2,477.[1]
Hierve el Agua is located in the municipality.[2] The municipality is also home to the archaeological site of San Lorenzo Albarradas (sometimes referred to as Cerro Guiran) which is noted for its unfinished cross-shaped tombs.[3]
References edit
- ^ "San Lorenzo Albarradas". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on March 7, 2007. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
- ^ "Hierve el Agua" (in Spanish). Mexico City: Instituto de Geologia UNAM. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
- ^ Stephen Kowalewski's Monte Alban's Hinterland, Part II: Prehispanic Settlement Patterns in Tlacolula, Etla, and Ocotlan, the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, Volumes 1 and 2, pg 296.
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