Loma Bonita is a town and municipality

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...

. The municipality covers an area of 588.15 km².
It is part of the Tuxtepec District

Tuxtepec District, Oaxaca

Tuxtepec District is located in the north of the Papaloapan Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico.-Municipalities:The district includes the following municipalities:*Acatlán de Pérez Figueroa*Ayotzintepec*Cosolapa*Loma Bonita*San Felipe Jalapa de Díaz...

 of the Papaloapan Region

Papaloapan Region, Oaxaca

The Cuenca del Papaloapan Region is in the north of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico where the foothills of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca meet the coastal plain of Veracruz.The principal city is San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec, the second largest in Oaxaca state....

. At the beginning Loma Bonita was an informal settlement of young Americans, who has established several campsites in the Oaxaca and Veracruz border area. The municipality has 588.15 km2 of land which it represents the 0.616 percentage of the Oaxacan state

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 39,166.

History

At the beginning Loma Bonita was an informal settlement of young Americans, who has established several campsites in the Oaxaca and Veracruz border area. Loma bonita began as a camp between two villages "Pedro Salomon" and "Provo Medina" and the railroad between Veracruz and Suchiate. Later, Loma bonita became a very productive place in terms of business trade as a lot of American companies visited the area. Such as Kansas Land Company,the Mexican Agriculturan and Land Company bought some extensions of Loma Bonita as a business opportunity because they saw the land as a great place to invest.

Geography

The municipality has 588.15 km2 of land which it represents the 0.616 percentage of the Oaxacan state. The region is characteristic for having a lot of mountains and it is mostly flat. It has several green areas, which help with the production of suggar cane, better known in spanisch as "caña". The "caña" is the main agriculture product of the area. The two rivers that crosses Loma Bonita are the Papaloapam and the Obispo river.The weather is mainly warm, although it rains a lot in the fall and at the beginning of the winter.