San Gabriel Mixtepec
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San Gabriel Mixtepec is a town and municipality
in Oaxaca
in south-western Mexico
.
It is part of the Juquila District
in the center of the Costa Region
.
The name "Mixtepec" means "Hill of clouds".
The municipality covers an area of 482.26 km² of hilly terrain in the foothils of the Sierra Madre del Sur
, at an altitude of 1380 meters above sea level.
The climate is warm subhumid, with an average temperature of 24°C and annual rainfall of 1301.7 mm.
Flora include roses of different types, tulips, cedar and pine.
Mango, avocado, nanche and mamey sapote fruit trees are grown.
Wild fauna includes deer, iguanas, squirrel, raccoon, fox, chachalaca, dove, vulture, snakes of different types including coral snakes, wild boar and hawk.
As of 2005, the municipality had 848 households with a total population of 3,930 of whom 87 spoke an indigenous language.
The majority of the population are engaged in agriculture.
The moist, fertile soils are suitable for growing corn, coffee, beans, bananas, cocoa, orange, lemon, pineapple and chili.
Less important activities include logging, animal husbandry and trade.
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 Juquila District
Juquila District, Oaxaca
Juquila District is located in the center of the Costa Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, on the Pacific coast.It has an area of 5,055 km2.As of 2005 it had a total population of 134,365 of whom 33,106 spoke an indigenous language....
in the center of the Costa Region
Costa Region, Oaxaca
The Costa Region or Costa Chica lies on the Pacific coast of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, below the more mountainous Sierra Sur inland from the coast...
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The name "Mixtepec" means "Hill of clouds".
The municipality covers an area of 482.26 km² of hilly terrain in the foothils of the Sierra Madre del Sur
Sierra Madre del Sur
The Sierra Madre del Sur is a mountain range in southern Mexico, extending from southern Michoacán east through Guerrero, to the Istmo de Tehuantepec in eastern Oaxaca.-Geography:...
, at an altitude of 1380 meters above sea level.
The climate is warm subhumid, with an average temperature of 24°C and annual rainfall of 1301.7 mm.
Flora include roses of different types, tulips, cedar and pine.
Mango, avocado, nanche and mamey sapote fruit trees are grown.
Wild fauna includes deer, iguanas, squirrel, raccoon, fox, chachalaca, dove, vulture, snakes of different types including coral snakes, wild boar and hawk.
As of 2005, the municipality had 848 households with a total population of 3,930 of whom 87 spoke an indigenous language.
The majority of the population are engaged in agriculture.
The moist, fertile soils are suitable for growing corn, coffee, beans, bananas, cocoa, orange, lemon, pineapple and chili.
Less important activities include logging, animal husbandry and trade.