San Felipe Jalapa de Díaz
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San Felipe Jalapa de Díaz is a town, and the surrounding municipality of the same name, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca
. It is some 50 km west of Tuxtepec, and is part of the Tuxtepec District
of the Papaloapan Region
.
The municipality is at an altitude of 140 meters above sea level, and covers 154.38 km2, located on the left bank of the Santo Domingo river
.
The climate is hot, averaging 24.7ºC year round, with rainfall in the months of June, July, August, September and October.
Forested areas contain fig, avocado, mahogany, oak, cedar, limaloe, palm and ceiba hormiguillo.
Wildlife includes deer, brocket deer, jaguar, white-tailed deer, gray fox, porcupine, armadillo and raccoon.
The main economic activity is agriculture, with crops that include large-scale coffee, corn, beans, sugar cane, medicinal plants and fodder. Some of the people keep cattle, goats and pigs.
Some engage in hunting and fishing for their own consumption.
Weaving at home is another occupation.
As of 2005, the municipality had 5,035 households with a total population of 25,395, of which 20,654 spoke an indigenous language.
The municipality includes the following communities:
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...
. It is some 50 km west of Tuxtepec, and 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....
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The municipality is at an altitude of 140 meters above sea level, and covers 154.38 km2, located on the left bank of the Santo Domingo river
Santo Domingo River (Oaxaca)
The Santo Domingo River in Oaxaca state, Mexico is one of the main tributaries of the Papaloapan River, rising in the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca and flowing east towards San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec, above which it joins with the Valle Nacional River to form the Papaloapan.Carrying sediment from the...
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The climate is hot, averaging 24.7ºC year round, with rainfall in the months of June, July, August, September and October.
Forested areas contain fig, avocado, mahogany, oak, cedar, limaloe, palm and ceiba hormiguillo.
Wildlife includes deer, brocket deer, jaguar, white-tailed deer, gray fox, porcupine, armadillo and raccoon.
The main economic activity is agriculture, with crops that include large-scale coffee, corn, beans, sugar cane, medicinal plants and fodder. Some of the people keep cattle, goats and pigs.
Some engage in hunting and fishing for their own consumption.
Weaving at home is another occupation.
As of 2005, the municipality had 5,035 households with a total population of 25,395, of which 20,654 spoke an indigenous language.
The municipality includes the following communities:
- Agua de Olla,
- Agua de Tierra (Sección la Montaña),
- Arroyo Cacao,
- Arroyo Culebra,
- Arroyo Espuma,
- Arroyo Guaje,
- Arroyo Seco (San José Arroyo Seco),
- Arroyo Venado (Sección Tercera),
- Arroyo Zapotillo,
- Camino de Ixcatlán,
- Camino Zacatal,
- Chuparrosa,
- Colonia la Central,
- Colonia San Andrés,
- Desviación Cerro Quemado,
- Desviación Paso Carretero,
- La Concha,
- La Gloria,
- La Permuta,
- La Soledad,
- La Sorpresa,
- Llano Grande Uluápam,
- Loma Cafetal,
- Loma de San Juan,
- Loma Naranja,
- Los Zárates,
- Paso Carretero,
- Paso del Toro,
- Playa Chica,
- Rancho de la Playa,
- Santo Tomás,
- Sección Arroyo Crecido,
- Sección la Montaña (Agua de Tierra),
- Sección Lavida,
- Sección los Bibiano,
- Sección los Castro,
- Sección los Hernández,
- Sección los Palacios,
- Sección los Roques