San Dionisio del Mar
Encyclopedia
San Dionisio del Mar is a town and municipality
in Oaxaca
in south-western Mexico
.
It is part of the Juchitán District
in the east of the Istmo de Tehuantepec region
.
The town is named after its patron saint.
The municipality covers an area of 237.3 km² at an elevation of 10 meters above sea level and includes a peninsula in the Gulf of Tehuantepec on the Pacific coast.
The climate is warm sub humid with summer rains.
Flora include bushes, mesquite, guanacaste and native grasslands.
Wild fauna include iguana, armadillo, opossum, pigeon and rook.
As of 2005, the municipality had 1,225 households with a total population of 5,165 of whom 2,639 spoke an indigenous language.
The municipality is home to the Huave people
, who speak a unique language unrelated to any other.
The main economic activity is fishing.
The people also practice agriculture, growing maize, sesame, sorghum, squash and fruit, and keep cattle, horses and pigs.
Municipalities of Mexico State
The Mexican state of Mexico is made up of 125 municipios :-External links:* Estado de México / State of Mexico...
in Oaxaca
Oaxaca
Oaxaca , , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca is one of the 31 states which, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided into 571 municipalities; of which 418 are governed by the system of customs and traditions...
in south-western Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
.
It is part of the Juchitán District
Juchitán District, Oaxaca
Juchitán District is located in the east of the Istmo de Tehuantepec region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, covering the southern part of a low lying corridor through the mountains that separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Pacific ocean....
in the east of the Istmo de Tehuantepec region
Istmo de Tehuantepec, Oaxaca
Istmo de Tehuantepec is the largest region in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. It covers the southern part of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the shortest route between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean before the Panama Canal was opened....
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The town is named after its patron saint.
The municipality covers an area of 237.3 km² at an elevation of 10 meters above sea level and includes a peninsula in the Gulf of Tehuantepec on the Pacific coast.
The climate is warm sub humid with summer rains.
Flora include bushes, mesquite, guanacaste and native grasslands.
Wild fauna include iguana, armadillo, opossum, pigeon and rook.
As of 2005, the municipality had 1,225 households with a total population of 5,165 of whom 2,639 spoke an indigenous language.
The municipality is home to the Huave people
Huave people
The Huave are an indigenous people of Mexico. The autodenomination term used by the Huave themselves is Ikoots/Kunajts , or Mareños . They have inhabited the Isthmus of Tehuantepec for more than 3000 years, preceding the Zapotec people in settling the area...
, who speak a unique language unrelated to any other.
The main economic activity is fishing.
The people also practice agriculture, growing maize, sesame, sorghum, squash and fruit, and keep cattle, horses and pigs.