Atepec

Atepec lies on the northern slopes of the Sierra de Juárez in Oaxaca, among forested mountains above the humid lowlands. It was a Zapotec community in the province of Coyolapan. In the sixteenth century Atepec was subject to Tecuicuilco, and by 1570 a priest served the town. Its mountain setting forms part of a region where Zapotec and Chinantec communities occupy neighbouring valleys on different sides of the range.