San Pedro el Alto

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San Pedro El Alto
Municipality and town
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San Pedro El Alto
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°02′N96°28′W / 16.033°N 96.467°W / 16.033; -96.467
CountryFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
State Oaxaca
Time zone UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

San Pedro el Alto is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of km2. It is part of the Pochutla District in the east of the Costa Region.

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of . [1]

El Alto Zapotec is spoken in the town. [2]

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References

  1. "-". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal . Retrieved June 12, 2009.
  2. El Alto Zapotec at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg