Matías Romero, Oaxaca

Matías Romero
Municipality and town
Matías Romero
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°52′37″N 95°02′28″W / 16.87694°N 95.04111°W / 16.87694; -95.04111
Country Mexico
StateOaxaca
Area
  Total
1,459.54 km2 (563.53 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
  Total
38,421
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
Area code972

Matías Romero is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. It is named after Mexican politician and diplomat Matías Romero Avendaño. The municipality covers an area of 1,459.54 km². It is part of the Juchitán District in the west of the Istmo de Tehuantepec region. El Rio Corte in Colonia Cuauhtemoc is a popular tourist spot, wide and with excellent beaches.

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 38,421.