San Pedro Tapanatepec
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San Pedro Tapanatepec is a town and municipality
in Oaxaca
in south-western Mexico
. It is part of the Juchitán District
in the west of the Istmo de Tehuantepec region
.
The town was founded on 23 April 1669, and became a municipality on March 15, 1825.
The name means "broken hill".
Before the arrival of the Spanish, the town was inhabited by Zoque
people, and may have been part of the Xoconochco province of the Zapotec kingdom of Tehuantepec
.
The municipality covers an area of 544.78 km².
The town is at an elevation of 40 meters above sea level.
There is one river, the Novillero, which rises at El Potrerito in the Sierra Madre.
The climate is warm, sub-humid with summer rains.
Flora include mesquite, mango, sapodilla, lemon, tepezcohuite, pochote, low scrub and grassland.
Wild fauna include iguana, wild boar, rabbit, coyote, deer, armadillo and iguana.
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 13,647 of whom 609 spoke an indigenous language.
Economic activity included growing corn, sorghum, sesame, watermelon, melon, mango and lemon, and raising cattle, goats, sheep, horses and poultry. Dairy farming is important in the community.
The town also has facilities for canning fruit.
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 west 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....
.
The town was founded on 23 April 1669, and became a municipality on March 15, 1825.
The name means "broken hill".
Before the arrival of the Spanish, the town was inhabited by Zoque
Zoque
The Zoque are an indigenous people of Mexico; they speak variants of the Zoque languages.This group consists of 41,609 people, according to the 2000 census...
people, and may have been part of the Xoconochco province of the Zapotec kingdom of Tehuantepec
Tehuantepec
Tehuantepec is a city and municipality in the southeast of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is part of the Tehuantepec District in the west of the Istmo Region. The area was important in pre Hispanic period as part of a trade route that connected Central America with what is now the center of...
.
The municipality covers an area of 544.78 km².
The town is at an elevation of 40 meters above sea level.
There is one river, the Novillero, which rises at El Potrerito in the Sierra Madre.
The climate is warm, sub-humid with summer rains.
Flora include mesquite, mango, sapodilla, lemon, tepezcohuite, pochote, low scrub and grassland.
Wild fauna include iguana, wild boar, rabbit, coyote, deer, armadillo and iguana.
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 13,647 of whom 609 spoke an indigenous language.
Economic activity included growing corn, sorghum, sesame, watermelon, melon, mango and lemon, and raising cattle, goats, sheep, horses and poultry. Dairy farming is important in the community.
The town also has facilities for canning fruit.