San_Lorenzo_Albarradas

San Lorenzo Albarradas

San Lorenzo Albarradas

Municipality and town in Oaxaca, Mexico

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.

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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

  1. [1]
    "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.
  2. [2]
    "Hierve el Agua" (in Spanish). Mexico City: Instituto de Geologia UNAM. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
  3. [3]
    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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