San Nicolás, Oaxaca
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San Nicolás 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
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. The municipality covers an area of 29.34 km².
It is part of the Miahuatlán District
Miahuatlán District, Oaxaca
Miahuatlán District is located in the south of the Sierra Sur Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico.-Municipalities:The district includes the following municipalities:*Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz*Monjas*San Andrés Paxtlan*San Cristobal Amatlán...

 in the south of the Sierra Sur Region
Sierra Sur de Oaxaca
Sierra Sur is a region in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. It includes the districts of Putla, Sola de Vega, Miahuatlán and Yautepec. Miahuatlán is the largest city.The region has 70 municipalities, some very poor, such as Zanizá, Amoltepec and Los Loxichas....

. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 632.

History

San Nicolas (named after the patron saint) it is a municipality where the founding date is ignored, until the year 1977 when two states where settled.

Geography and Ecology

San Nicolas (named after the patron saint) it is a municipality where the founding date is ignored, until the year 1977 when two states where settled.
It is located in the southern state of Oaxaca, coordinates 16 ° 26 'north latitude and 96 ° 45' west longitude at an altitude of 1,460 meters above sea level. It is located 289 kilometers from the state capital. It is a mountainous region with a temperate climate with summer rainfalls. Bordered on the north by Crespo Ejutla, on the west and Yogana Ejutla Crespo, on the east Miahuatlán of Porfirio Diaz and on the south with Almolonga San Simon.
It is a mountainous region, the main mountains are Cerro de la Caja, Cerro del Shigui, Cerro de las Palomas and Cerro de Ojo de Agua.
The predominant flora consists of numerous species of valuable timber trees such as yegareche, red, strawberry, yegalan, sumacle, black, oak, fig, juniper and vanilla.
The fruit trees are: orange, lemon lime, tangerine, mamey, avocado, walnut, guava, anonal, nanache, and coffee.

There are also many medicinal plants such as herb teacher, aloe vera, eucalyptus, black grass, sagebrush, barge, horehound, mustard, grass mouse,rue, elder, mint and chamomile.
The most precious natural resource is its timberland.

Demographic Profile

This municipality has a population of 632 inhabitants. According to the “Conteo de Población y Vivienda(2005) in this municipality only live three people who speak indigenous language. Also, the population that is catholic amounts to 847 (5 years and older) and the not catholic in the same range are 13 people.

Infrastructure

According to the results presented in 2005 of “El II Conteo de Población y Vivienda” over 215 house of which 214 are private. 70% of homes are built with adobe, tile, sheet and flat land, 30% are built with brick, and concrete slab floor. The most important ways of communication are a post office, a long distance telephone booth.
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