The Sierra Mixe or Mixes District is a district in the east of the Sierra Norte Region of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It comprises 17 municipalities and covers 4,930 square kilometers (1,900 square miles) at an average elevation of 1,200 meters (3,900 feet) above sea level. As of 2005 the district had a total population of 96,920. The main food crops are maize and beans, while permanent crops include coffee, lemon and oranges.[1]
Sierra Mixe District | |
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District | |
 Oaxaca regions and districts: Sierra Norte to Northeast | |
| Coordinates: 17°10′N 95°47′W / 17.167°N 95.783°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Oaxaca |
Most of the inhabitants are of indigenous Mixe ethnicity, and the Mixe languages are spoken throughout the region. The western part of the region is high Sierra, with climate ranging to temperate to cold with strong winds and seasons of daily and constant rains and storms, this changes to the Mixe media territories; of lower mountain ranges but still a very abrupt and rough terrain, with daily rain, ranging from tropical to mist forests to pine-encine[check spelling], but the more eastern parts are the tropical lowlands of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
Municipalities
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The district includes the following municipalities:[2]
| Municipality | Area km2 | 2005 Population |
Indigenous language speakers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asunción Cacalotepec | 77 | 753 | |
| Mixistlán de la Reforma | 191 | 2,438 | |
| San Juan Cotzocón | 945 | 22,478 | 10,712 |
| San Juan Mazatlán | 1,990 | 16,138 | 8,543 |
| San Lucas Camotlán | 128 | 2,524 | 2,168 |
| San Miguel Quetzaltepec | 199 | 6,015 | 5,428 |
| San Pedro Ocotepec | 137 | 2,171 | 1,933 |
| San Pedro y San Pablo Ayutla | 108 | 4,319 | 3,639 |
| Santa María Alotepec | 149 | 2,526 | 2,262 |
| Santa María Tepantlali | |||
| Santa María Tlahuitoltepec | |||
| Santiago Atitlán | 83 | 3,187 | 2,790 |
| Santiago Ixcuintepec | 102 | 1,441 | 1,124 |
| Santiago Zacatepec | 143 | 4,871 | 4,378 |
| Santo Domingo Tepuxtepec | |||
| Tamazulapam del Espíritu Santo | |||
| Totontepec Villa de Morelos | 319 | 4,780 |
References
edit- ^ "Distrito 14 Mixe" (PDF). oeidrus. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
- ^ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Estado de Oaxaca". Retrieved 2010-07-08.
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