Santo Domingo Zanatepec
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Santo Domingo Zanatepec 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 municipality, established on 15 March 1825 covers an area of 1024.49 km².
The climate is warm and humid with rain in summer and autumn, averaging 1,220 mm annually.
The municipality is mainly grassland, with areas of wood.
Wildlife include hare, rabbit, gray fox, coyote, deer, iguana, armadillo and wild birds such as doves, quail and rook.
As of 2005, the municipality had 2,727 households with a total population of 10,716 of whom 211 spoke an indigenous language.
The main economic activity is cultivation of maize, sorghum, sesame, vegetables and fruit (mango and tamarind).
Some families breed cattle, pigs and goats.
There are archaeological sites in the city of Santo Domingo and in Coyotera Regadillo.
The church of Santo Domingo dates to the sixteenth century.
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 municipality, established on 15 March 1825 covers an area of 1024.49 km².
The climate is warm and humid with rain in summer and autumn, averaging 1,220 mm annually.
The municipality is mainly grassland, with areas of wood.
Wildlife include hare, rabbit, gray fox, coyote, deer, iguana, armadillo and wild birds such as doves, quail and rook.
As of 2005, the municipality had 2,727 households with a total population of 10,716 of whom 211 spoke an indigenous language.
The main economic activity is cultivation of maize, sorghum, sesame, vegetables and fruit (mango and tamarind).
Some families breed cattle, pigs and goats.
There are archaeological sites in the city of Santo Domingo and in Coyotera Regadillo.
The church of Santo Domingo dates to the sixteenth century.