San Baltazar Chichicapam
San Baltazar Chichicapam | |
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Municipality and town | |
San Baltazar Chichicapam Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 16°46′N 96°29′W / 16.767°N 96.483°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Oaxaca |
| Area | |
• Total | 100.79 km2 (38.92 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
• Total | 2,716 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
| Postal code | 71537[1] |
| Area code | 951[2] |
San Baltazar Chichicapam is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 100.79 km2. It is part of the Ocotlán District in the south of the Valles Centrales Region.
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 2,716.[3]
Municipal President Florencio San Germán died in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[4]
History
Chichicapan was a prehispanic Zapotec settlement. Many gods were worshipped here, of which the most important was Pichanagobeche, who cured illness. There was also Pichanto, who interceded on behalf of humans to Pichanagobeche. The people offered their blood as well as quails, dogs, and other animals to these gods. Whenever an animal was hunted, its heart had to be offered to the gods before the meat could be eaten. War captives had their hearts torn out and their bodies were eaten.[5]
References
- ^ "Búsqueda, mostrando resultados para: San Baltazar Chichic%C3%A1pam". micodigopostal.org. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
- ^ Internacionales, Códigos (14 October 2019). "Lada de San Baltazar Chichicapam • Claves y códigos de área de Oaxaca". Códigos internacionales (in Spanish). Retrieved August 26, 2020.
- ^ "San Baltazar Chichicapam". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
- ^ "Han muerto 19 ediles a consecuencia de Covid (+Infografía)". www.msn.com. 24 Horas. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
- ^ Wauchope, Robert; Wiley, Gordon; Spores, Ronald (1965). Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volumes 2 and 3: Archaeology of Southern Mesoamerica. University of Texas Press. p. 970. ISBN 9781477306550.