Santiago Tilantongo
Santiago Tilantongo is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. It is part of the Nochixtlán District in the southeast of the Mixteca Region.
Santiago Tilantongo | |
|---|---|
Municipality and town | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Oaxaca |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
As of 2005, Santiago Tilantongo had a total population of 3,348 living in 827 residences. Almost half speak an indigenous language, and all but about 200 are Roman Catholic. The municipality has a pre-school, an elementary school and a telesecundaria, as well as a rural medical clinic, a tianguis market, and a Dominican church.[1] The church dates from the early colonial era and has a number of excellent santos, statues of saints, many done in fine polychrome and some dating to the 16th and 17th centuries.[2]
Santos used in Holy Week observances
A very old Señor de la Misericordia given a modern loincloth.
El Dios de la Peña
References
- "-". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
- Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient Churches: Santiago Tilantongo. Retrieved 2012-4-15
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