Nejapa de Madero

Nejapa de Madero
Municipality and town
Nejapa de Madero
Location in Mexico
Nejapa de Madero
Nejapa de Madero (Mexico)
Coordinates: 16°36′N 95°59′W / 16.600°N 95.983°W / 16.600; -95.983
Country Mexico
StateOaxaca
Area
  Total
370 km2 (140 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
  Total
7,285
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

Nejapa de Madero is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. It is part of the Yautepec District in the east of the Sierra Sur Region, not far from the main highway between Oaxaca, Oaxaca and Salina Cruz. The name "Nejapa" means "ash water".