San Pedro Mixtepec 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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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...

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The municipality covers an area of 331.71 km² at an average altitude of 220 meters above sea level on the Pacific coast of Oaxaca.
The climate is warm and humid.
Flora is diverse, including tulips, roses, 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...

, cempaxóchitl, rose garden, lemon blossoms, noon platanillo, prickly pear, cedar, macuil, huanacaxtle, mahogany and palm
Fruit trees include mango, banana, mamey sapote, sapodilla, coconut, lemon, rtamarindo, almond, orange and lemon lime.

As of 2005, the municipality had 7,881 households with a total population of 33,682 of whom 919 spoke an indigenous language.
40% of the population of the municipality is engaged in agriculture, and 20% in animal husbandry.
Tourism employs 20% of the population in the port and tourist center of Puerto Escondido and the nearby Bajos de Chila.