San Bartolomé Quialana
Municipality and town in Oaxaca, Mexico
16°54′N 96°30′W / 16.900°N 96.500°W / 16.900; -96.500 (2005)
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 2,485.[1]
Women in the area wear traditional clothing.
Municipal President Victorino Gómez Martínez died on August 25, 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[2]
Etymology
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
- ^ "San Bartolomé Quialana". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
- ^ "Han muerto 19 ediles a consecuencia de Covid (+Infografía)". www.msn.com (in Spanish). 24 Horas. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
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Municipalities of Tlacolula District, Oaxaca
- Magdalena Teitipac
- Rojas de Cuauhtémoc
- San Bartolomé Quialana
- San Dionisio Ocotepec
- San Francisco Lachigoló
- San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya
- San Juan del Río, Oaxaca
- San Juan Guelavía
- San Juan Teitipac
- San Lorenzo Albarradas
- San Lucas Quiaviní
- San Pablo Villa de Mitla
- San Pedro Quiatoni
- San Pedro Totolapa
- San Sebastián Abasolo
- San Sebastián Teitipac
- Santa Ana del Valle
- Santa Cruz Papalutla
- Santa María Guelacé
- Santa María Zoquitlán
- Santiago Matatlán
- Santo Domingo Albarradas
- Teotitlán del Valle
- Tlacolula de Matamoros
- Villa Díaz Ordaz
See also Municipalities of Oaxaca