Talk:Municipalities of Oaxaca

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YAGANIZA IS A TOWN LOCATED IN THE SIERRA JUAREZ OF OAXACA MEXICO. PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE SPEAK ZAPOTEC (AN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE) http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9gnMiNt8zZGomoAJRijzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBsMW5yM3VoBHNlYwNwcm9mBHZ0aWQDSTA2Nl84OA--/SIG=1375so9ei/EXP=1178092781/**http%3A//www.mexicantextiles.com/grouppages/groups/zapotecsierra/yaganiza/index_4.htm YAGANIZA, A SMALL TOWN WITH A GREAT CULTURE AND TRADITION. PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE HAVE THEIR OWN LANGUAGE. YAGANIZA MEANS TREE OF WATER AND IT DERIVES FROM THE ZAPOTEC LANGUAGE YAG(TREE)AND NIZA (WATER). THERE ARE A LOT OF LEGENDS ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF THIS TOWN. ACCORDING TO THE ELDEST PEOPLE LIVING IN TOWN, IT ALL BEGAN WHEN THE SPANISH PEOPLE CAME TO MEXICO, A MAN NAMED GABRIEL PACHECO OWNED THE ENTIRE TOWN PLUS ANOTHER TOWN CALLED XAGACIA. THERE WERE PEOPLE LIVING THERE BUT WITHOUT WATER SUPPLY. MR. PACHECO DECIDED ONE DAY TO SELL EVERYTHING AND OFFERED IT TO THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE. SINCE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY. THEY ASKED FOR HELP TO OTHER PEOPLE LIVING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TOWN. WHEN THEY TRIED TO PAY THOSE PEOPLE, THEY DIDN'T ACCEPT AND DEMANDED PART OF THE TERRITORRY. WHAT WAS CALLED "LA HACIENDA DE GABRIEL PACHECO" IS NOW THE TOWNS OF SAN PABLO YAGANIZA AND SANTO DOMINGO XAGACIA. AFTER THEY BOUGHT THE TOWN, THE "TREE OF WATER" APPEARED.