Santa María Xadani
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Santa María Xadani 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 Los Perros river passes through the municipality and is used for irrigation.
The climate is tropical, with summer rainfall averaging 950 mm.
Flora include mesquite, ceiba, sapodilla, coconut, gulavere, willow, fruit trees and native grasslands.
Wild fauna include armadillo, iguana, rabbit, opossum and birds such as mockingbird and rook.
Some efforts have been made to involve the inhabitants in reforestration programs, but with limited success.
Economic activities include cultivation of beans, sorghum, maize, sesame, pumpkin, peanut, melon and watermelon, animal husbandry of cattle, pigs and goats, and fishing for shrimp and other crustaceans in the lagoon.
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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Environment
The municipality covers an area of 89.31 km². The town is 20 meters above sea level, and is about 3 km from the Laguna Superior.The Los Perros river passes through the municipality and is used for irrigation.
The climate is tropical, with summer rainfall averaging 950 mm.
Flora include mesquite, ceiba, sapodilla, coconut, gulavere, willow, fruit trees and native grasslands.
Wild fauna include armadillo, iguana, rabbit, opossum and birds such as mockingbird and rook.
Some efforts have been made to involve the inhabitants in reforestration programs, but with limited success.
Economy
As of 2005, the municipality had 1,492 households with a total population of 7,283 of whom 6,114 spoke an indigenous language.Economic activities include cultivation of beans, sorghum, maize, sesame, pumpkin, peanut, melon and watermelon, animal husbandry of cattle, pigs and goats, and fishing for shrimp and other crustaceans in the lagoon.