San José Estancia Grande

San José Estancia Grande is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 103.3 km². It is located in the Jamiltepec District in the west of the Costa Region.

San José Estancia Grande
Municipality and town
San José Estancia Grande is located in Mexico
San José Estancia Grande
San José Estancia Grande
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°22′N 98°15′W
Country Mexico
StateOaxaca
Area
  Total103.3 km2 (39.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
  Total955
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 955.[1]

Carmela Parral Santos, mayor of San José Estancia Grande, and Hugo Castellanos Ortega, the delegate from the area are murdered in the town of El Faisan on August 16, 2019.[2]

References

  1. "San José Estancia Grande". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
  2. "Alcaldesa de San Jose Estancia, Oaxaca, es asesinada a balazos y abandonada en una camioneta" [Mayor of San Jose Estancia, Oaxaca, is shot to death and left in a truck.], Reporte Indigo (in Spanish), August 17, 2019, retrieved August 18, 2019
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