Chalcatongo de Hidalgo

Municipality and town in Oaxaca, Mexico

17°02′N 97°35′W / 17.033°N 97.583°W / 17.033; -97.583Country

MexicoStateOaxacaArea

• Total111 km² (43 sq mi)Population

(2005)

• Total2,091Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

Chalcatongo de Hidalgo (also, Chalcatongo and Villa Hidalgo) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is part of the Tlaxiaco District in the south of the Mixteca Region.^[1]

It is the birthplace of former Governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz.

17°02′N 97°35′W / 17.033°N 97.583°W / 17.033; -97.583

References

Chalcatongo de Hidalgo at GEOnet Names Server

^ "-". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on January 28, 2007. Retrieved June 12, 2009.