Description of Cuylapa, Diocese of Oaxaca. Census was signed by Fray Agustín de Salazar. Document lists Mixteca as a spoken language, etymology of place names, and 16 estancias and small towns. This is one of a series of responses to a political and cultural survey circulated by King Philip II of Spain titled relaciones geográficas, which were gathered between the years 1579-1585.
Creator/Contributor:
Salazar, Fray Agustín de (contributor), Herrera, Pedro de, 1548-1630 (scribe), and García Icazbalceta, Joaquín, 1825-1894 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1580-11-20
Owning Repository:
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin
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Time Period Covered:
16th century
Place Name:
Diocese of Oaxaca, Diócesis de Oaxaca, Cuilapan de Guerrero, Oaxaca, Mexico, and Cuilapan de Guerrero, Oaxaca, México
Geographic Coverage:
Mexico (country), Oaxaca (state), and Cuilapan de Guerrero (city)
Geographic Code:
MX
Cartographic Information:
16.993044, -96.779509
General Note:
Additional geographic place names and alternate spellings associated with this resource include: Cuilapa.
Origin Note:
Collector Joaquín García Icazbalceta initially grouped this census with Ixtepec. This arrangement is visible in their shared cover sheet , which is housed with Ixtepec.
UTL DAMS PID:
utblac:a56bebca-9296-472a-a60c-11c36c1c9c1b
Local:
JGI_XXIV-10_Cuylapa_text
Related Resource - Host:
Joaquín García Icazbalceta Manuscript Collection (title) and https://txarchives.org/utlac/finding_aids/00036.xml (uri)