It is located at a height of 200 m above sea level in the Mixteca de la Costa region of the state.

The second theory is that these people are the descendants of Africans destined for the slave trade whose ship wrecked off the coast of Oaxaca.

Because of his boss-eye and colourful language, the bandit's head was brought to the town and put on public display for a number of days.

[2] It is one of the few Afro-Mexican areas of the country (African descendants are also historically present in Guerrero, Sinaloa and Veracruz states).

Nearby, is the Laguna de Corralero, which is great for fishing, and bird watching.