Huautla

Huautla, formally known as Huautla de Jimenez, is a small town in the Sierra Mazateca mountains of in southern Mexico. The town is home to an indigenous group called the Mazatec whose shaman reportedly indulge in psychoactive mushrooms and morning glory seeds among other mind-expanding fungi and plants.
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  • Type: municipality of Mexico with 31,600 residents
  • Description: municipality in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico
  • Also known as: Huautla de Jimenez”, “Huautla de Jiménez”, “Huautla de Jimenez Municipality”, “Huautla de Jiménez Municipality”, and “Huautla Municipality

Huautla

Latitude
18.1452° or 18° 8′ 43″ north
Longitude
-96.8035° or 96° 48′ 13″ west
Population
31,600
Elevation
1,934 metres (6,345 feet)
Open location code
76C545WW+3J
Geo­Names ID
8582512
Wiki­data ID
Q3888662
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Huautla” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: conceyu d’Huautla de Jiménez
  • Asturian: Huautla de Jiménez (conceyu de Méxicu)
  • Asturian: Huautla de Jiménez (Oaxaca, Méxicu)
  • Asturian: Huautla de Jiménez
  • Basque: Huautla de Jiménez (udalerria)
  • Basque: Huautla de Jiménez
  • Catalan: Huautla de Jiménez
  • Cebuano: Huautla de Jiménez
  • Dutch: Municipality of Huautla de Jiménez
  • Esperanto: Huautla de Jiménez
  • French: Huautla de Jiménez
  • Galician: Huautla de Jiménez
  • Georgian: უაუტლა-დე-ხიმენესი
  • German: Municipio Huautla de Jiménez
  • Italian: Huautla de Jiménez
  • Japanese: ワウトラ・デ・ヒメネス
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Huautla de Jiménez
  • Russian: Уаутла-де-Хименес
  • Scots: Huautla de Jimenez
  • Scots: Huautla de Jiménez
  • Serbian: Општина Ваутла де Хименез
  • Serbo-Croatian: Opština Huautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca
  • Serbo-Croatian: Opština Huautla de Jiménez
  • Spanish: Huautla de Jimenez
  • Spanish: Huautla de Jiménez
  • Spanish: Huautla
  • Spanish: Municipio de Huautla de Jimenez
  • Spanish: Municipio de Huautla de Jiménez
  • Spanish: Municipio de Huautla
  • Swedish: Huautla de Jiménez
  • Turkish: Huautla de Jiménez (belediye)
  • Turkish: Huautla de Jiménez
  • Vietnamese: Huautla de Jiménez

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