Coicoyan de Las Flores

Coicoyan de Las Flores is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 105.89 km² and is part of the Juxtlahuaca district of the Mixteca Region. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 7,598. The foundation of this town is unknown for certain since there is no written record. Oral stories focus on a hill called El Gachupin. There,a Spanish force threatened general Vicente Guerrero who was in Ahuajutla's ranch helping his troops by using the metals from the mines of carbonera to coin money (from gold, copper and silver). He stayed and waited until the perfect opportunity arrived to attack the Spaniards in Azompa, taking advantage of darkness and letting them to destroy...