Chalcatongo de Hidalgo | |
|---|---|
Municipality and town | |
  Chalcatongo de Hidalgo Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 17°02′N 97°35′W / 17.033°N 97.583°W / 17.033; -97.583 | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Oaxaca |
| Area | |
• Total | 111 km2 (43 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
• Total | 2,091 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
Chalcatongo de Hidalgo (also, Chalcatongo and Villa Hidalgo) (Mixtec: Ñuundaya, 'place of the underworld'[1]) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is part of the Tlaxiaco District in the south of the Mixteca Region.[2]
It is the birthplace of former Governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz.
References
- Whittaker, Gordon (1 January 1993). "The Study of North Mesoamerican Place-Signs". INDIANA - Estudios Antropológicos sobre América Latina y el Caribe. 13: 31. doi:10.18441/ind.v13i0.9-38.
- "-". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on January 28, 2007. Retrieved June 12, 2009.