Yautepec

Yautepec lies in the mountains east of the central valleys of Oaxaca, along routes towards Tehuantepec. Zapotec, Mixe and Chontal communities occupied the wider region, where mountain valleys separate neighbouring settlements. San Carlos Yautepec was established in the late eighteenth century on land known as Guegolavichi; colonial titles were issued in 1789. The town’s position placed it among communities connected by the roads across the southern highlands.