Juquila
Juquila is a village of about 5,500 residents in Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca. Officially named Santa Catarina Juquila, it is a town of limited broad appeal, but huge appeal to faithful pilgrims who come to the town to venerate a small statue of the Virgin Mary that survived a catastrophic fire that burned everything in town sparing only the doll-sized figure, known as the Virgen de Juquila.
- Town with about 8,080 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,460 metres (4,790 feet)
- Description: human settlement in Mexico
- Also known as“Santa Catarina”“Santa Catarina Juquila”
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Latitude
16.2372° or 16° 14′ 14″ north
Longitude
-97.2911° or 97° 17′ 28″ west
Open location code
76846PP5+VH
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Vietnamese—“Juquila” goes by many names.
Santa Catarina JuquilaBasque
Santa Catarina Juquila (udalerria)Basque
Santa Catarina JuquilaCebuano
Санта Катарина ХукилаChechen
Санта Катарина Хукила (Санта Катарина Хукила, Оахака)Chechen
Santa Catarina JuquilaDutch
Santa Catarina JuquilaEsperanto
სანტა-კატარინა-ხუკილაGeorgian
Δήμος Σάντα Καταρίνα ΧουκίλαGreek
Σάντα Καταρίνα ΧουκίλαGreek
Santa Catarina JuquilaItalian
Санта Катарина ХукилаRussian
Santa Catarina JuquilaScots
Санта Катарина ХукилаSerbian
Opština Santa Catarina JuquilaSerbo-Croatian
Santa Catarina Juquila, OaxacaSerbo-Croatian
Santa Catarina JuquilaSwedish
Санта Катарина ХукилаTatar
Santa Catarina JuquilaTurkish
Santa Catarina JuquilaVietnamese
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