Pinotepa Nacional is a city and seat of the municipality of the same name, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is located in the Jamiltepec District in the west of the Costa Region. The name Pinotepa means “toward the crumbling hill” in Nahuatl. The region has an interesting history. A high percentage of its population is of African ancestry. There are two historical theories of how this came about.
The first is that during the colonial period African slaves were brought to this area to work on the various haciendas here. The second theory is that these people are the descendants of Africans destined for the slave trade whose ship wrecked off the coast of Oaxaca. This is also the home of a notorious bandit by the name of Silverio Petatan, who was captured and executed in 1864. Because of his boss-eye and colourful language, the bandit’s head was brought to the town and put on public display for a number of days.

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