Santo Domingo Yanhuitlán

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Santo Domingo Yanhuitlán
Coordinates: 17°31′N 97°20′W / 17.517, -97.333
Country	Mexico
State	Oaxaca
Municipality	Santo Domingo Yanhuitlán
Founded
Government
- Mayor
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
Postal code

Santo Dominto Yanhuitlán is a village and municipality in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, located northeast of Oaxaca city. It is 2,140 meters above sea level. Its name comes from the patron saint of the town (Saint Dominic) and the last part is from Náhuatl meaning “near something new”.

[edit] The town

The town was founded by Dominican friars 10 years after the Spanish came to Oaxaca. Historically, Yanhuitlán has been the commercial center of the Mixtec people, exporting silk to Mexico City, Puebla and Oaxaca city. Communal earnings are kept in chests locked with 3 keys to conserve them for the cultural development of each of the seven “neighborhoods” of Yanahuitlán: Ayuxu Dana, Xayujo, Tico, Tinde, Yudayo. Yuxacoyo y Yuyuxa. ^[1]

The town has an antique organ registered with the Instituto de Órganos Históricos de Oaxaca (Institute of Historic Organs of Oaxaca), which was built around the year 1700.^[2]

This organ is placed in the Templo y Ex-convento de Santo Domingo (Temple and Exconvent of Saint Dominic), built around the middle of the 16th century. It has a notable façade, baptismal font, “sotocoro” roof, various altarpieces (retablos) on the sides of the church as well as a main altarpiece constructed like a folding screen.^[3]

[edit] The municipality

As municipal seat, Yanhuitlán has governing jurisdiction over the following communities:

Barrio de los Arcos, Caja de Agua, El Jazmín, La Cantera, La Cieneguilla, La Laguna, Los Dos Corazones, Rancho Celerino, vendaño, Río Grande, San Sebastián (Primera Sección), Tijua, Tooxi, Xaacahua, Xacañi, Xahayucuanino, Yucudahuico, Yudayo, and Yuxaxiño

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