| Santa Magdalena Jicotlán | |
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Santa Magdalena Jicotlán
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| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Oaxaca |
| Area | |
| • Municipality and town | 48.48 km2 (18.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,179 m (7,149 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Municipality and town | 93 |
| • Urban | 92 |
| Time zone | Central Standard Time (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | Central Daylight Time (UTC-5) |
Santa Magdalena Jicotlán is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. It is part of the Coixtlahuaca district in the Mixteca Region. The municipality covers an area of 48.48 km², surrounded by the Sierra Madre Oriental. As of the 2010 census, the town (locality) had a population of 92 inhabitants, while the municipality had a total population of 93 (officially, there was one rural resident in a place called Barrio San Miguel). It is the smallest municipality in Mexico in population. (The next-smallest is Santiago Tepetlapa, also in Oaxaca.) The main economic activity is agriculture, with some people also keeping goats and chickens.
The town has a Catholic church dedicated to Mary Magdalene, built in the mid eighteenth century with baroque influences. It has a kindergarten and an elementary school, each with one teacher.[1]
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