Tuxtepec District, Oaxaca
Encyclopedia
Tuxtepec District is located in the north of the Papaloapan Region
of the State of Oaxaca
, Mexico
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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....
of the State of 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...
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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...
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Municipalities
The district includes the following municipalities:- Acatlán de Pérez FigueroaAcatlán de Pérez FigueroaAcatlán de Pérez Figueroa is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico.It is part of the Tuxtepec District of the Papaloapan Region.The name "Acatlán" means "among the reeds"...
- AyotzintepecAyotzintepecAyotzintepec is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 169.69 km².It is part of the Tuxtepec District of the Papaloapan Region.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 6524....
- CosolapaCosolapaCosolapa is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 149.27 km².It is part of the Tuxtepec District of the Papaloapan Region.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 14,305....
- Loma BonitaLoma BonitaLoma Bonita is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 588.15 km².It is part of the Tuxtepec District of the Papaloapan Region. At the beginning Loma Bonita was an informal settlement of young Americans, who has established several...
- San Felipe Jalapa de DíazSan Felipe Jalapa de DíazSan 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....
- San Felipe UsilaSan Felipe UsilaSan Felipe Usila is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 255.17 km².It is part of the Tuxtepec District of the Papaloapan Region.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 11642....
- San José ChiltepecSan José ChiltepecSan José Chiltepec is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 204.13 km².It is part of the Tuxtepec District of the Papaloapan Region.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 10203....
- San José IndependenciaSan José IndependenciaSan José Independencia is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 58.75 km².It is part of the Tuxtepec District of the Papaloapan Region.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3689....
- San Juan Bautista TuxtepecSan Juan Bautista TuxtepecSan Juan Bautista Tuxtepec , or simply referred to as Tuxtepec, is the head of the municipality by the same name and is the second most populous city of the Mexican state of Oaxaca....
- San Juan Bautista Valle NacionalSan Juan Bautista Valle NacionalSan Juan Bautista Valle Nacional is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 394.23 km² within the Sierra Juárez mountains.It is part of the Tuxtepec District of the Papaloapan Region....
- San Lucas OjitlánSan Lucas OjitlánSan Lucas Ojitlán is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 595.81 km².It is part of the Tuxtepec District of the Papaloapan Region.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 19,871....
- San Miguel Soyaltepec
- San Pedro IxcatlánSan Pedro IxcatlánSan Pedro Ixcatlán is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of km².It is part of the Tuxtepec District of the Papaloapan Region.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of .-References:...
- Santa María JacatepecSanta María JacatepecSanta María Jacatepec is a town and municipality located in the state of Oaxaca 11 km north of the Valle Nacional. “Jacatepec” comes from Nahuatl meaning ‘on jackal hill.’...