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Santiago Juxtlahuaca is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. It is in the Juxtlahuaca District of the Mixteca Region. ==Town== The town is at a height of 1,690 meters above sea level. It is one of the oldest towns in the Mixteca region of Oaxaca, dating back to the 12th century AD. The first Spanish visitor was the Dominican friar Gonzalo Lucero, who passed through in the year 1536 on a journey of exploration. Three years later the monk Benito Hernández persuaded the natives to move to a new location, founded on 13 September 1542. Between 1600 and 1633 the town was moved to its current location in the north of the valley, with the first streets laid out in the Spanish style. The town was periodically shaken by earthquakes during the colonial period, destroying churches and other major buildings. The town was connected to the outside world by a telegraph line in March 1883. A rural health center was established in April 1938, and in 1944 an airfield was opened.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SANTIAGO Juxtlahuaca )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Santiago Juxtlahuaca」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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