San Juan Teitipac

San Juan Teitipac
Municipality and town
San Juan Teitipac Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°56′N 96°36′W
Country	Mexico
State	Oaxaca
Area
• Total	11.48 km^2 (4.43 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	2,552
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

San Juan Teitipac is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 11.48 km². It is part of the Tlacolula District in the east of the Valles Centrales Region.

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 2,552.[1]

Culture

The town's 16th-century church is notable for a number of colonial-era santos (statues of the saints), some of them in the refined Spanish tradition and others of intriguing folk design.[2]

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  San Paciencia portrays Jesus after his torments in the praetorium.
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  The Beheading of St. John the Baptist
• 
  An Ecce Homo santo

References

1. "San Juan Teitipac". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
2. Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient Churches: San Juan Teitipac. Retrieved 2012-04-13.