San Pedro Pochutla

Pochutla
Ceety & Municipality
San Pedro Pochutla
Atrium an facade o the Kirk o San Pedro in Pochutla
Pochutla Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 15°44′40″N 96°27′55″W / 15.74444°N 96.46528°W / 15.74444; -96.46528
Kintra	Mexico
State	Oaxaca
Foondit	700s
Govrenment
• Municipal Preses	José Manuel Ricardez López (2008-2010)
Area
• Municipality	421 km2 (163 sq mi)
Elevation (of seat)	150 m (490 ft)
Population  (2005) Municipality
• Municipality	38,798
• Seat	12117
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
Postal code (of seat)	70900

San Pedro Pochutla is a ceety an municipality locatit in the sooth o Oaxaca state, Mexico next tae the Paceefic Ocean. It is a important commercial, transportation an admeenistrative hub for the Pochutla Destrict in the east o the Costa Region.^[1][2] Pochutla is locatit at the junction o coastal Heich-gate 200 an Heich-gate 175 tae Oaxaca, wi 175 functionin as the toun’s main thoroufare.^[3] Its name means "place o kapok trees (Ceiba pentandra)",^[4] an maist o the ceety is biggit on a lochbed which wis drained durin the colonial period.^[5] The municipality is best kent as bein the hame o the oceanside commonties o Puerto Ángel an Zipolite.^[4]

1. ↑ "Ciudad San Pedro Pochutla". Archived frae the original on 8 Januar 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
2. ↑ Barcenas, Araceli (Januar 2005). "Pluma Hidalgo" (in Spanish). Mexico: Mexico Desconocido. Archived frae the original on 15 Mey 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2009.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
3. ↑ "Pochutla, Oaxaca". Retrieved 26 December 2009.
4. ↑ ^{a b} "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México Estado de Oaxaca San Pedro Pochutla" (in Spanish). Mexico: INAFED. Archived frae the original on 17 Mey 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2009.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
5. ↑ "Parroquia de San Pedro Pochutla" (in Spanish). Pochutla, Oaxaca: Parish of Pochutla. Archived frae the original on 3 Julie 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2009. Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (help)CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)