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Chalcatongo de Hidalgo (also, Chalcatongo and Villa Hidalgo) (Mixtec: Ñuundaya, ‘place of the underworld’[1]) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is part of the Tlaxiaco District in the south of the Mixteca Region.[2]

It is the birthplace of former Governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz.

17°02′N 97°35′W / 17.033°N 97.583°W / 17.033; -97.583

References

  1. ^ Whittaker, Gordon (1 January 1993). “The Study of North Mesoamerican Place-Signs”. INDIANA – Estudios Antropológicos sobre América Latina y el Caribe. 13: 31. doi:10.18441/ind.v13i0.9-38.
  2. ^ “-“. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on January 28, 2007. Retrieved June 12, 2009.