San Bartolomé Quialana
Municipality and town
San Bartolomé Quialana is located in Mexico
San Bartolomé Quialana
San Bartolomé Quialana
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°54′N 96°30′W / 16.900°N 96.500°W / 16.900; -96.500
Country Mexico
StateOaxaca
Area
 • Total49.76 km2 (19.21 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total2,485
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

San Bartolomé Quialana is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 49.76 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 2,485.[1]

Women in the area wear traditional clothing.

Municipal President Victorino Gómez Martínez died on August 25, 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[2]

Etymology

Quialana is a Zapotec word that means "black rocks" or "blackened rocks." This is associated with the fact that there is a rocky hill in the area which is called Picacho or Yubda (in Zapotec, "Sun Rock).

References

  1. ↑ "San Bartolomé Quialana". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Han muerto 19 ediles a consecuencia de Covid (+Infografía)". www.msn.com (in Spanish). 24 Horas. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
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