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San Cristóbal Lachirioag

Coordinates: 17°20′N 96°10′W / 17.333°N 96.167°W / 17.333; -96.167
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San Cristóbal Lachirioag
Lashichhiaj (llanos de piedras) en zapotec
Municipality and town
San Cristóbal Lachirioag is located in Mexico
San Cristóbal Lachirioag
San Cristóbal Lachirioag
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°20′N 96°10′W / 17.333°N 96.167°W / 17.333; -96.167
Country Mexico
StateOaxaca
Area
 • Total24.24 km2 (9.36 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total1,130
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

San Cristóbal Lachirioag (/lɑːʃɪˈjɑːɡ/, alternatively /lɑːʃɪˈjɑːɡ/) is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 24.24 km2. Many community members speak a local Villa Alta Zapotec language as a first language and Spanish as a second language. This community is an agricultural and spiritual one. There are many sacred parts in Lashichhiaj but the main one is Yawis which is the sacred Mountain where we pray for protection and healing . Elders tell stories passed down to them that in the sacred mountain Yawis was a flying animal bigger than an eagle that would pick people up and take them to the mountain and never seen again. It is part of the Villa Alta District in the center of the Sierra Norte Region.

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 1,130.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "San Cristobal Lachirioag". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved June 12, 2009.