Santiago Niltepec
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Santiago Niltepec 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 name means "Hill of Indigo."
The town is 60 meters above sea level. The municipality covers an area of 680.01 km², watered by the Niltepec river which rises in the mountains and flows to the lower lagoon.
The climate is tropical, with hot summers.
Flora includes mahogany, Nopo, Guanacaste, scrub and grassland.
Wildlife includes wild boar, raccoon, squirrel, armadillo and iguana.
As of 2005, the municipality had 1,367 households with a total population of 4,961 of whom 56 spoke an indigenous language.
Economic activities include cultivation of corn, sesame, sorghum, melon and watermelon, cattle farming and production of Mezcal and traditional textiles.
Since the town is located on Highway 190, there is some tourist trade in local handicrafts and mezcal.
There are plans to develop wind farms in the municipality, but these have met local resistance due to the communal ownership of land and concerns about the annual rental prices offered, $98 to $117 per hectare.
Municipalities of Mexico State
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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...
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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....
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The name means "Hill of Indigo."
The town is 60 meters above sea level. The municipality covers an area of 680.01 km², watered by the Niltepec river which rises in the mountains and flows to the lower lagoon.
The climate is tropical, with hot summers.
Flora includes mahogany, Nopo, Guanacaste, scrub and grassland.
Wildlife includes wild boar, raccoon, squirrel, armadillo and iguana.
As of 2005, the municipality had 1,367 households with a total population of 4,961 of whom 56 spoke an indigenous language.
Economic activities include cultivation of corn, sesame, sorghum, melon and watermelon, cattle farming and production of Mezcal and traditional textiles.
Since the town is located on Highway 190, there is some tourist trade in local handicrafts and mezcal.
There are plans to develop wind farms in the municipality, but these have met local resistance due to the communal ownership of land and concerns about the annual rental prices offered, $98 to $117 per hectare.