San Pedro Cajonos

San Pedro Cajonos
Municipality and town
Country  Mexico
State Oaxaca
Time zone Central Standard Time (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)

San Pedro Cajonos is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of km². It is part of the Villa Alta District in the center of the Sierra Norte Region. It was founded on September 16, 1700 and given the name of San Pedro Cajonos. The language spoken in the town is a mix of Spanish and a lesser amount of spoken indigenous dialect called Cajonos Zapotec.,[1][2]

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of .[3]

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Coordinates: 17°10′N 96°17′W / 17.167°N 96.283°W / 17.167; -96.283


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