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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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
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- Community militia
- Geography
- Demographics
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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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