Asunción Ixtaltepec
Encyclopedia
Asunción Ixtaltepec 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 town was founded in 1546.
The name means "White Mountain".
The land is generally flat, with some hills, and is near the upper lagoon.
It is bordered by the Los Perros river.
The town is about 9 km from the city of Juchitan de Zaragoza
, and is connected to the city through a branch of the Pan American Highway.
The Nizanda hot springs are located between the towns of Carrasquedo and Mena (Nizanda) in the municipality. The springs are accessible by a path beside a small river full of water lilies leading through an exuberant forest. The river originates in caves in which the hot springs arise, and has pools for bathing.
Economic activities include cultivation of maize, sorghum, peanuts, beans and sesame, cattle and poultry breeding, and manufacture of handmade textiles, red brick and pottery that are sold throughout the country.
In January 2010 the Inter-American Development Bank approved US$102 million in partial financing for two wind facilities in the region, one of which would be in Asunción Ixtaltepec.
The local potters also make flower pots, plates and barrel-shaped pots with an open end for frying tortillas.
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 town was founded in 1546.
The name means "White Mountain".
Environment
The municipality covers an area of 547.33 km² at an average elevation of 30 meters above sea level.The land is generally flat, with some hills, and is near the upper lagoon.
It is bordered by the Los Perros river.
The town is about 9 km from the city of Juchitan de Zaragoza
Juchitán de Zaragoza
Juchitán de Zaragoza is an indigenous town in the southeast of the Mexican state of Oaxaca.It is part of the Juchitán District in the west of the Istmo de Tehuantepec region...
, and is connected to the city through a branch of the Pan American Highway.
The Nizanda hot springs are located between the towns of Carrasquedo and Mena (Nizanda) in the municipality. The springs are accessible by a path beside a small river full of water lilies leading through an exuberant forest. The river originates in caves in which the hot springs arise, and has pools for bathing.
Economy
As of 2005, the municipality had 3,936 households with a total population of 14,438 of whom 6,583 spoke an indigenous language.Economic activities include cultivation of maize, sorghum, peanuts, beans and sesame, cattle and poultry breeding, and manufacture of handmade textiles, red brick and pottery that are sold throughout the country.
In January 2010 the Inter-American Development Bank approved US$102 million in partial financing for two wind facilities in the region, one of which would be in Asunción Ixtaltepec.
Arts
A traditional form of pottery made in the Santa Rita Barrio of Ixtaltepec is the “tinaca de mujer”, a water cooler in the form of a woman made of red clay, about one meter tall or slightly larger. The figure has a bell-shaped skirt and tiny pointed breasts, and carries a shallow bowl of sand on her head in which there is a water jug decorated with lizards and perhaps turtles in low relief. The water is kept cool through evaporation.The local potters also make flower pots, plates and barrel-shaped pots with an open end for frying tortillas.