San Pedro Yeloixtlahuaca or Yeloixtlahuacan is a municipality in the South of the State of Puebla, is part of the Acatlán Valley at the Mixteca Baja Poblana. Its geographical coordinates are the parallels 17º 59'30 and 18º 07'18 of north latitude and the meridians 97º 58 00 and 98º 06'36 of western longitude. It has an area of 174.890 square kilometers that places it in place 81 with respect to the other municipalities of the State. The municipality borders to the north with Acatlán and San Pablo Anicano, to the south with the state of Oaxaca to the west it borders with the municipality of Petlalcingo and Chila and to the west it borders with the municipality of Guadalupe Santa Ana. Distance to the City of Puebla: 150 km. In 1984 it was constituted as the free 141 municipality of the State of Puebla. History Yeloixtlahuaca is of Nahuatl origin that comes from the words "Yetl" : "Tobacco" , "Lotl" : "expression of quality or property and "ixtlahuatl", that means "Place of the Plain of tobacco" ("or that has tabacal"). The Popolaca and Nahua settlements gave rise to the foundation in the pre-Hispanic era of the population of Yeloixtlahuacan. It was part of Acatlán de Osorio until February 2, 1984 when it became a free municipality. The center of the municipality is the town of San Pedro Yeloixtlahuaca. According with a publication of July 5, 1880 in the Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Puebla, San Pedro Yeloixtlahuaca was formed from the town of the same name, the town of Guadalupe (now Guadalupe Santa Ana) and the ranches of Alamo Cuaxilote (now San José Alamo) and Ixcaquiopan (now San José Agua Zarca). On April 25, 1922, Guadalupe was separated again from San Pedro Yeloixtlahuaca. Guadalupe returned to being a separate municipality. On December 27, 1927 San Pedro Yeloixtlahuaca was constituted as a municipality of the State of Puebla. The church dedicated to Saint Peter Apostle dates from the 16th century, is located in the center of the municipality. Calixro Garcia blessed the first stone. Approximately in 1890 it was erected church. The Archive of this church has documentation from the mid-nineteenth century, the oldest is 1867. Geography Location The municipality of San Pedro Yeloixtlahuaca, is located in the southern part of the state of Puebla, is part of the Acatlán Valley. The municipal seat is San Pedro Yeloixtlahuaca.