Asunción Cuyotepeji

Asunción Cuyotepeji
Municipality and town
Asunción Cuyotepeji
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°55′49″N 97°40′24″W / 17.93028°N 97.67333°W / 17.93028; -97.67333
Country Mexico
StateOaxaca
Area
 • Total
547.33 km2 (211.33 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total
14,438
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

Asunción Cuyotepeji is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 547.33 km2. It is part of the Huajuapan District in the north of the Mixteca Region, which forms the northwest portion of the state of Oaxaca. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 14,438. It is 1760 meters above the sea level. Its territory is delimited by other small municipalities. At the north it is limited by Santiago Miltepec and San Juan Bautista Suchitepec municipalities; in south by Santa Maria Camotlan; at the east by Santa Catarina Zapoquila and Santiago Thuitlan Plumas; finally at the west it is delimited by Ciudad de Huajuapan de leon and Santiago Miltepec.