[1] The municipality covers an area of 2491.68 km² at an altitude of 880 meters above sea level.

Wildlife include deer, rabbits, opossum, skunk, coyote, badger, wild boar, porcupine body, bobcat and raccoon.

[1] As of 2005, the municipality had 2,068 households with a total population of 9,857 of whom 3,781 spoke an indigenous language, either Zapotec or Chontal of Oaxaca.

Economic activities include cultivation of maize, beans and wheat and raising cattle, pigs and goats.

There are gold, silver, copper and lead mines, and marble and limestone quarries.