San Bartolo Coyotepec
Town and municipality in Oaxaca, Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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San Bartolo Coyotepec is a town and municipality located in the center of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is in the Centro District of the Valles Centrales region about fifteen km south of the capital of Oaxaca.[2]
San Bartolo Coyotepec
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Town and municipality | |
Coordinates: 16°57′29″N 96°42′27″W | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Oaxaca |
Government | |
• Municipal President | Agustin Antonio Manzano (2008–2010) |
Area | |
• Municipality | 45.93 km2 (17.73 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,520 m (4,990 ft) |
Population (2005)Municipality | |
• Municipality | 8,015 |
• Seat | 3,194 |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (US Central)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central) |
Postal code (of seat) | 71256 |
The town is best known for its Barro negro pottery - black clay pottery. For hundreds of years pottery has been made here with a gray matte finish, but in the 1950s a technique was devised to give the pieces a shiny black finish without painting. This has made the pottery far more popular and collectable.[3][4] The town is home to the Museo Estatal de Arte Popular de Oaxaca (State Museum of Popular Art of Oaxaca) which was opened here in 2004, with a large portion of its collection consisting of barro negro pottery.[5] There is also a barro negro mural on the recently opened Baseball Academy.[6]