Santiago Choapam
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Santiago Choapam is a town and municipality
in Oaxaca
in south-western Mexico
. The municipality covers an area of 247.51 km².
It is part of the Choapam District
in the south of the Papaloapan Region
.
Communities include Santiago Choapam, San Juan del Rio, Santa Maria Yahuivé, Maninaltepec, San Yaveloxi Jacinto, San Juan Teotalcingo and Santo Domingo.
The municipality is on average 840 meters above sea level, with a hot and humid climate and a wet summer.
The main rivers are the Lágrimas River and the Santa María Yahuive River.
The forests contain cedar, avocado, mahogany and pine, mosses, ferns and palms.
There is a great variety of wildlife, including bobcats or ocelots, puma, jaguar, fox, skunk and deer. Freshwater crab
and shrimp are found the in streams and rivers.
As of 2005, the municipality had 1,091 households with a total population of 3,392. Of these 2,299 people spoke an indigenous language, mostly Choapan Zapotec but with Chinantec
minorities.
Most people are engaged in agriculture, growing Manila mangos, banana, orange, lemon, sugar cane, custard apple, sweet potato and granaditas, or in forestry.
Some cattle breeding is also practiced.
There is no industry, and negligible tourism.
Municipalities of Mexico State
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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 247.51 km².
It is part of the Choapam District
Choapam District, Oaxaca
Choapam District is located in the south of the Papaloapan Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. The district has an area of 3,166 km2, and as of 2005 had a population of 37,809....
in the south 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....
.
Communities include Santiago Choapam, San Juan del Rio, Santa Maria Yahuivé, Maninaltepec, San Yaveloxi Jacinto, San Juan Teotalcingo and Santo Domingo.
The municipality is on average 840 meters above sea level, with a hot and humid climate and a wet summer.
The main rivers are the Lágrimas River and the Santa María Yahuive River.
The forests contain cedar, avocado, mahogany and pine, mosses, ferns and palms.
There is a great variety of wildlife, including bobcats or ocelots, puma, jaguar, fox, skunk and deer. Freshwater crab
Freshwater crab
There are around 1,300 species of freshwater crabs, distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics, divided among eight families. They show direct development and maternal care of a small number of offspring, in contrast to marine crabs which release thousands of planktonic larvae. This limits...
and shrimp are found the in streams and rivers.
As of 2005, the municipality had 1,091 households with a total population of 3,392. Of these 2,299 people spoke an indigenous language, mostly Choapan Zapotec but with Chinantec
Chinantec
The Chinantecs are an indigenous people that live in Oaxaca and Veracruz, Mexico, especially in the districts of Cuicatlán, Ixtlán de Juárez, Tuxtepec and Choapan.The Chinantec languages belong to the Chinantecan branch of the Oto-Manguean family...
minorities.
Most people are engaged in agriculture, growing Manila mangos, banana, orange, lemon, sugar cane, custard apple, sweet potato and granaditas, or in forestry.
Some cattle breeding is also practiced.
There is no industry, and negligible tourism.