San Juan Cacahuatepec GPS: 16°47'N 98°09'W Elevation: 1300' (400 meters) to the north Putla de Guerrero, Oaxaca Santa María Zacatepec, Oaxaca to the northeast Oaxaca, Oaxaca to the southeast Santiago Jamiltepec Cacalotepec, Oaxaca Manialtepec, Oaxaca Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca to the south Pinotepa Nacional Playa Corralero Main Index Currency Hwy 200 History of the Oaxacan Coast Indigenous Language Map Regional Map [185K] Traditional Dance Visitors' Comments About • Home • Search

Cacahuatepec means Cocoa Hill and there are cocoa orchards located there. Cacahuatepec is an Amusgo community of about 8000 located on highway 125, 53km north of Pinotepa Nacional. It is the home of famed composer of romantic ballads, Álvaro Carrillo. It is a fertile agricultural region producing tobacco, peanuts, maize, beans, watermelons, sesame, mango, papaya, orange, and lemons. Before the Spanish conquest, Cacahuatepec was a Mixtec community. Within the city is a Mixteco structure made of boulders which was called Yucoshiva, meaning hill of the stone.

photo from Sheila Clarke

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• Día del Santo Patrón (San Juan Bautista) June 24. Celebrations begin a week in advance with food, artesans, soccer tournament, basketball tournament, musical performances, folk dances, and singing.
• Carnival Last week before Ash Wednesday.

• Bus Served by Cristóbal Colón bus lines.

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Miscellaneous • Misceláneo

• San Juan Cacahuatepec municipal web site.

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