Concepción Pápalo

Coordinates: 17°51′N 96°52′W / 17.850°N 96.867°W / 17.850; -96.867
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Concepción Pápalo
municipality and town
Country Mexico
StateOaxaca
Area
 • Total94.4 km2 (36.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • 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 km2. 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.[1]

Moth Homoeocera papalo is named after the town.[2]

References[edit]

  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.

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