Guiigu yudxi

Guiigu Yudxi, the Zapotec name for Jalapa del Marqués, lies in the valleys of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Its name has been interpreted as “river of sand.” The settlement was an important town of the Zapotec kingdom of Tehuantepec, and a Dominican convent was built there during the sixteenth century. Its church stood as a landmark of the colonial town and the spread of Christianity through the isthmus.