San Juan Lachao
Encyclopedia
San Juan Lachao 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 municipality covers 190.1 km² of hilly land. The town is at an elevation of 60 meters above sea level.
The climate is mild and humid.
Local flowers include cartucho, gladiolus
, marigold
, bougainvillea
, roses and geraniums.
The area is well-wooded, with pine, oak, avocado, macuil, cedar, and guanacaxtle cuachepil.
Mangoes, plums, bananas, oranges, limes and avocados provide fruit.
Local birds include chachalaca, white-winged dove, pigeon blue, red Palamo, real peak, quail, magpie, woodpecker and parakeet.
Wild boar, deer, badger, raccoon, squirrel, body spin, opossums, skunks and foxes are found in the forests, and iguana and rattlesnake are also present.
As of 2005, the municipality had 739 households with a total population of 3,936 of whom 1,825 spoke an indigenous language.
Some of the people speak the Chatino language
, a remote branch of the Zapotecan
family spoken only in the Juquila district.
The majority of the population is engaged in growing corn and beans.
The Union of Indigenous Communities of the Isthmus Region
, a cooperative founded in 1982, assists in production and distribution of the local products under a fair trade
or organic label.
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 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...
.
The municipality covers 190.1 km² of hilly land. The town is at an elevation of 60 meters above sea level.
The climate is mild and humid.
Local flowers include cartucho, gladiolus
Gladiolus
Gladiolus is a genus of perennial bulbous flowering plants in the iris family...
, marigold
Tagetes
Tagetes is a genus of 56 species of annual and perennial mostly herbaceous plants in the sunflower family . The genus is native to North and South America, but some species have become naturalized around the world. One species, T...
, bougainvillea
Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea is a genus of flowering plants native to South America from Brazil west to Peru and south to southern Argentina . Different authors accept between four and 18 species in the genus...
, roses and geraniums.
The area is well-wooded, with pine, oak, avocado, macuil, cedar, and guanacaxtle cuachepil.
Mangoes, plums, bananas, oranges, limes and avocados provide fruit.
Local birds include chachalaca, white-winged dove, pigeon blue, red Palamo, real peak, quail, magpie, woodpecker and parakeet.
Wild boar, deer, badger, raccoon, squirrel, body spin, opossums, skunks and foxes are found in the forests, and iguana and rattlesnake are also present.
As of 2005, the municipality had 739 households with a total population of 3,936 of whom 1,825 spoke an indigenous language.
Some of the people speak the Chatino language
Chatino language
The Chatino language is an indigenous Mesoamerican language, which is classified under the Zapotecan branch of the Oto-Manguean language family...
, a remote branch of the Zapotecan
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....
family spoken only in the Juquila district.
The majority of the population is engaged in growing corn and beans.
The Union of Indigenous Communities of the Isthmus Region
Union of Indigenous Communities of the Isthmus Region
The Union of Indigenous Communities of the Isthmus Region , is a farmer's cooperative in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. It was established in 1982 to assist in production, marketing and distribution of locally produced coffee and other products....
, a cooperative founded in 1982, assists in production and distribution of the local products under a fair trade
Fair trade
Fair trade is an organized social movement and market-based approach that aims to help producers in developing countries make better trading conditions and promote sustainability. The movement advocates the payment of a higher price to producers as well as higher social and environmental standards...
or organic label.