Unión Hidalgo
Encyclopedia
Unión Hidalgo is a town and municipality
in Oaxaca
in south-western Mexico
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It is part of the Juchitán District
in the west of the Istmo de Tehuantepec region
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The municipality covers an area of 132.69 km² at an average height of 20 meters above sea level. The weather is warm, sub-humid with summer rains.
Flora include Guanacaste, mesquite, cactus, fruit trees (mango, tamarind, coconut, papaya) and pastures.
Wild fauna includes Coyote, skunk, armadillo, badger, rabbit, dove, quail, rook and iguana.
As of 2005, the municipality had 3,236 households with a total population of 12,983 of whom 7,230 spoke an indigenous language.
Economic activity includes cultivating corn, beans, sorghum, melon and watermelon, and animal husbandry including cattle, goats, sheep, horses and poultry.
Fishing is of great economic importance.
Some households also manufacture goods woven from palms.
Many of the people are engaged in trade and tourism.
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...
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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 covers an area of 132.69 km² at an average height of 20 meters above sea level. The weather is warm, sub-humid with summer rains.
Flora include Guanacaste, mesquite, cactus, fruit trees (mango, tamarind, coconut, papaya) and pastures.
Wild fauna includes Coyote, skunk, armadillo, badger, rabbit, dove, quail, rook and iguana.
As of 2005, the municipality had 3,236 households with a total population of 12,983 of whom 7,230 spoke an indigenous language.
Economic activity includes cultivating corn, beans, sorghum, melon and watermelon, and animal husbandry including cattle, goats, sheep, horses and poultry.
Fishing is of great economic importance.
Some households also manufacture goods woven from palms.
Many of the people are engaged in trade and tourism.