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San José Mogote (Mexico)

LC control no.no 96037360
Geographic headingSan José Mogote (Mexico)
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Geographic subdivision usageMexico--San José Mogote
Variant(s)Mogote (Oaxaca, Mexico)
El Mogote (Oaxaca, Mexico)
Found inMuseo Comunitario San José Mogote, 1988?: t.p (Agencia Municipal [i.e. City Council?] San José Mogote; Guadalupe Etla, Oaxaca) p. 2, etc. (has existed over 3,500 yrs.; orig. seat of Valle de Etla, incl. Guadalupe de Etla and San Sebastián de Etla; had palace and temples; abandoned ca. 400 B.C.; resettled shortly before Span. arrival; during coloniz. belonged to Cacique de Etla and known as Hacienda del Cacique; in 19th cent. known as Hacienda de San José Mogote and changed owners several times; in 1910s known as "El Mogote"; in 1939 land appropr. and turned over to the peasants)
Not found inBGN, 1992 (San José Mogote not listed; lists several ppl. named Mogote in states other than Oaxaca)
Geographic area coden-mx---