Tanetze de Zaragoza
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Tanetze de Zaragoza is a town and municipality
in Oaxaca
in south-western Mexico
.
It is part of the Villa Alta District
in the center of the Sierra Norte Region
. The name "Tanetze" means "hill of thorns".
The municipality covers an area of 58.69 km² in mountainous terrain.
The town is at an elevation of 1,280 meters above sea level.
The climate is cool, with prevailing winds from the north.
Flora include pines and oaks, mamey, orange, mango and sapote.
Wild fauna includes eagle, buzzard, deer and owls, wild boar and wild cat, rattlesnakes, and coral snakes.
As of 2005, the municipality had 431 houses with a total population of 1,581 of whom 1,327 spoke an indigenous language.
Most of the population is engaged in cultivation of maize, beans and coffee.
Logging is undertaken mainly for house building materials.
Houses typically have dirt floors, adobe and brick walls, tin roofs, tiles.
Some of the women in the community have formed a cooperative named "Yu-Van", which means "Living Earth" in the Zapotec language
. The cooperative roasts and grinds their coffee harvest and sells it in the organic market in Oaxaca City
, 6 hours away.
The region has seen violent confrontations between the authorities and members of the Popular Indigenous Council of Oaxaca "Ricardo Flores Magón", an activist organization of indigenous people.
The Confederación Revolucionaria de Organizaciones Campesinas Unidas de Tuxtepec (CROCUT) (United Revolutionary Confederation of Peasant Organizations Tuxtepec) is also active in the area.
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 Villa Alta District
Villa Alta District, Oaxaca
Villa Alta District is located in the center of the Sierra Norte Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico.It has an area of 1,156 km2 of mountainous country, divided into 25 municipalities....
in the center of the Sierra Norte Region
Sierra Norte de Oaxaca
La Sierra Norte de Oaxaca is a heavily-wooded region in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.It is 62 km from the city of Oaxaca on Federal highway 175, heading east towards Tuxtepec....
. The name "Tanetze" means "hill of thorns".
The municipality covers an area of 58.69 km² in mountainous terrain.
The town is at an elevation of 1,280 meters above sea level.
The climate is cool, with prevailing winds from the north.
Flora include pines and oaks, mamey, orange, mango and sapote.
Wild fauna includes eagle, buzzard, deer and owls, wild boar and wild cat, rattlesnakes, and coral snakes.
As of 2005, the municipality had 431 houses with a total population of 1,581 of whom 1,327 spoke an indigenous language.
Most of the population is engaged in cultivation of maize, beans and coffee.
Logging is undertaken mainly for house building materials.
Houses typically have dirt floors, adobe and brick walls, tin roofs, tiles.
Some of the women in the community have formed a cooperative named "Yu-Van", which means "Living Earth" in the Zapotec language
Zapotec language
The Zapotec language are a group of closely related indigenous Mesoamerican languages spoken by the Zapotec people from the southwestern-central highlands of Mexico. Present-day native speakers are estimated to number over half a million, with the majority inhabiting the state of Oaxaca....
. The cooperative roasts and grinds their coffee harvest and sells it in the organic market in Oaxaca City
Oaxaca, Oaxaca
The city and municipality of Oaxaca de Juárez, or simply Oaxaca, is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of the same name . It is located in the Centro District in the Central Valleys region of the state, in the foothills of the Sierra Madre at the base of the Cerro del Fortín...
, 6 hours away.
The region has seen violent confrontations between the authorities and members of the Popular Indigenous Council of Oaxaca "Ricardo Flores Magón", an activist organization of indigenous people.
The Confederación Revolucionaria de Organizaciones Campesinas Unidas de Tuxtepec (CROCUT) (United Revolutionary Confederation of Peasant Organizations Tuxtepec) is also active in the area.