Oxitlan

Oxitlan, later known as San Lucas Ojitlán, lies in the Chinantec country of the Papaloapan basin. Its Nahuatl name refers to the ojite, a tree bearing an edible fruit; in the local Chinantec language the name evokes a hot place. Tradition remembers people moving from older settlements to establish communities in this lowland country, crossed by rivers descending from the mountains of Oaxaca.