San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca

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San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca is a municipality and town in the Mixteca region of Oaxaca, Mexico, known for its rich pre-Hispanic and colonial history and its notable 16th-century Dominican church complex.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
country Mexico
hasArchitecturalStyle Renaissance architecture
colonial architecture
hasArt Mesoamerican iconography in church decoration
religious paintings
hasBuildingMaterial stone
hasClimate semi-arid climate
hasColonialInfluence Spanish
hasColonialMonument former Dominican convent
hasCulturalHeritage Mesoamerican
hasCulturalTradition Catholic religious celebrations
Mixtec festivals
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
livestock raising
small-scale commerce
hasEthnicRegion Mixteca NERFINISHED
hasHeritage colonial history
pre-Hispanic history
hasHistoricalSignificance important colonial evangelization center in Mixteca
hasIndigenousCulture Chocho NERFINISHED
Mixtec NERFINISHED
hasMunicipalSeat San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca NERFINISHED
hasNotablePeriod 16th century
hasPreHispanicImportance regional Mixtec-Chocho center
hasPrimaryReligion Christianity NERFINISHED
hasRelief mountainous terrain
hasReligiousAffiliation Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED
hasReligiousBuilding Templo y exconvento de San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca NERFINISHED
hasSignificantBuilding 16th-century Dominican church complex
hasTourismAttraction Dominican convent complex
colonial-era murals
historicalRegion Coixtlahuaca Valley NERFINISHED
isPartOf Mixteca Alta NERFINISHED
languageUsedHistorically Chocho language NERFINISHED
Mixtec languages NERFINISHED
locatedIn Mixteca region NERFINISHED
State of Oaxaca NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Coixtlahuaca District NERFINISHED
locatedInGeographicalArea northern Oaxaca
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
surface form: Central Daylight Time

Central Time Zone
surface form: Central Standard Time
namedAfter Saint John the Baptist NERFINISHED
partOf Sierra Madre del Sur region of Oaxaca NERFINISHED
religiousOrderInvolvedInConstruction Dominican Order NERFINISHED

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