page_title: Santa Catarina Juquila
section_title: Town
hierarchical_section_title: Santa Catarina Juquila / Town
caption_attribution_description: Virgen de Juquila.
context_page_description: Santa Catarina Juquila is a town in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, and is the seat of the municipality also called Santa Catarina Juquila.
  It is part of the Juquila District in the center of the Costa Region.
  The name "Juquila" comes from "Xuhquililla", which means "Place of blue milkweed".
context_section_description: The town has a population of 5,579 inhabitants and is at an altitude of 1,462 meters above sea level. It is located north of Puerto Escondido on Federal Highway 131.
  The town is known for the Santuario (Sanctuary) de Juquila which houses a 30 cm statue of the Virgen de Juquila, which has been venerated since the 16th century.  In 1633, it survived, completely intact, a fire that destroyed the village in which it was originally located.  At the beginning of the 18th century, it was moved to its current location where the sanctuary was built for it.  Thousands visit this Virgin from across the state of Oaxaca, other parts of Mexico and abroad .
caption: Virgen de Juquila
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