Xochistlahuaca
Xochistlahuaca is a town in Xochistlahuaca Municipality located in the southeast corner of the Mexican state of Guerrero. It is part of the state's Costa Chica region and while near the Pacific Ocean, most of the territory is mountainous. The population is dominated by the indigenous Amuzgo ethnicity, whose women are noted for their traditional hand woven garments, especially the huipil, which is made both for home use and for sale outside the area.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Xochistlahuaca
- Settlement.other_name
- Sulijaá
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.total_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- GFProcessionXochis05.JPG
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- Good Friday procession in Xochistlahuaca
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- Mexico Guerrero#Mexico
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- above
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Guerrero
Article
10 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- The town
- Demographics
- Culture
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Socioeconomics
- Notable residents
- References
Xochistlahuaca is a town in Xochistlahuaca Municipality located in the southeast corner of the Mexican state of Guerrero. It is part of the state's Costa Chica region and while near the Pacific Ocean, most of the territory is mountainous. The population is dominated by the indigenous Amuzgo ethnicity, whose women are noted for their traditional hand woven garments, especially the huipil, which is made both for home use and for sale outside the area.
==Toponymy== The name Xochistlahuaca comes from the Nahuatl xochitl (flower) and ixtlahuatlan (plain); "plain of the flowers".