Ayahualtempa
Sign in to saveAyahualtempa is an indigenous village in the municipality of José Joaquín de Herrera, Guerrero, in south-western Mexico. It is located about southwest of Hueycantenango. As of 2020, the population stands at 837 people. Most of the village is ethnically Nahua, an indigenous group. About 70% of the population speaks an indigenous language.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Ayahualtempa connects to Zirándaro Municipality, José Joaquín de Herrera Municipality and list of states of Mexico.
It sits within the topics Orphaned articles from December 2021 and Populated places in Guerrero.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Hueycantenango
- Region
- Guerrero
- Country
- México
- Population
- 837
- Timezone
- America/Mexico_City
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Mexico
- Located in
- José Joaquín de Herrera Municipality
- Elevation
- 1714
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Community militia
- Geography
- Demographics
- References
Ayahualtempa is an indigenous village in the municipality of José Joaquín de Herrera, Guerrero, in south-western Mexico. It is located about southwest of Hueycantenango. As of 2020, the population stands at 837 people. Most of the village is ethnically Nahua, an indigenous group. About 70% of the population speaks an indigenous language.
The village has attracted attention throughout Mexico and abroad for its community militia formed in response to cartel violence, which includes many legal minors.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ayahualtempa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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