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Concepción Pápalo
municipality and town
Country Mexico
StateOaxaca
Area
 • Total94.4 km (36.4 sq mi)
Population
 • Total2,920
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

Concepción Pápalo is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 94.4 km. It is part of Cuicatlán District in the north of the Cañada Region.

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 2,920.

Moth Homoeocera papalo is named after the town.

References

  1. "Concepción Pápalo". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on May 25, 2005. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
  2. Laguerre, Michel (2010). "Description of two new Homoeocera Felder from Guatemala and Mexico (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Arctiinae, Euchromiini)". ZooKeys (33): 29–38. doi:10.3897/zookeys.33.275.
Municipalities of Cuicatlán District, Oaxaca
See also Municipalities of Oaxaca

17°51′N 96°52′W / 17.850°N 96.867°W / 17.850; -96.867

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