Putla Villa de Guerrero

Putla Villa de Guerrero
Putla Villa de Guerrero is located in Mexico
Putla Villa de Guerrero
Putla Villa de Guerrero
Coordinates: 17°1′N 97°55′W / 17.017°N 97.917°W / 17.017; -97.917
Kintra Mexico
StateOaxaca
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)

Putla Villa de Guerrero or simply Putla, is a toun an municipality in the State o Oaxaca, Mexico. It is pairt o Putla Destrict in the wast o the Sierra Sur Region.

Its oreeginal name wis Puctitlán, which means “place wi a lot o smoke”. The Villa de Guerrero pairt is in honour o Vicente Guerrero, a hero o the Mexican War o Unthirldom. Putla became the seat o its municipality in 1907 an is locatit 374 km frae the ceety o Oaxaca.[1]

It connects the Mixtec region wi the coast o Oaxaca an is a commercial centre for the Mixtecs, Amuzgos, an Chatinos that live in the aurie.[2]

  1. "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México, Oaxaca, Putla Villa de Guerrero". Archived frae the original on 1 Juin 2007. Retrieved 24 Februar 2008.
  2. Quintanar Hinojosa, Beatriz (2007). "De la Mixteca a la costa". Guía México Desconocido: Oaxaca. 137: 84. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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