San Miguel Panixtlahuaca

San Miguel Panixtlahuaca
Municipality and town
San Miguel Panixtlahuaca
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°15′N 97°23′W / 16.250°N 97.383°W / 16.250; -97.383
Country Mexico
StateOaxaca
Area
  Total
264.1 km2 (102.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
  Total
5,724
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

San Miguel Panixtlahuaca is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. It is part of the Juquila District in the center of the Costa Region. The name "Panixtlahuatl" in the Nahuatl language means "Plain of the Bridge".