Villa Díaz Ordaz
Municipality and town in Oaxaca, Mexico
16°58′N 96°27′W / 16.967°N 96.450°W / 16.967; -96.450Villa Díaz Ordaz is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of km². It is part of the Tlacolula District in the east of the Valles Centrales Region.The name of the town was formally called Santo Domingo del Valle.
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 5,859.[1]
The community's church, Santo Domingo Díaz Ordaz, was built in 1526 and is noted for a number of santos, traditional statues of Roman Catholic saints. Some can be dated to the sixteenth century but are still preserved and in use by local citizens, who provide them with flowers and sometimes even with modern dolls as adjuncts, as in the image on the left.[2]
References
- ^ "-". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on December 11, 2004. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
- ^ Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient Churches: Santo Domingo Díaz Ordaz. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
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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