San Bartolomé Quialana

San Bartolomé Quialana
Municipality and town
San Bartolomé Quialana

Location in Mexico

Coordinates: 16°54′N 96°30′W / 16.900°N 96.500°W / 16.900; -96.500Coordinates: 16°54′N 96°30′W / 16.900°N 96.500°W / 16.900; -96.500
Country  Mexico
State Oaxaca
Area
 • Total 49.76 km2 (19.21 sq mi)
Population (2005)
 • Total 2,485
Time zone Central Standard Time (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)

San Bartolomé Quialana is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 49.76 km². It is part of the Tlacolula District in the east of the Valles Centrales Region.

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 2485.[1]

Women in the area wear traditional clothing.

Quialana is a Zapotec word that means "black rocks" or "blackened rocks." This is associated with the fact that there is a rocky hill in the area which is called Picacho or Yubda (in Zapotec, "Sun Rock).

References

  1. ↑ "San Bartolomé Quialana". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved June 12, 2009.


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