Santiago Lachiguiri
Santiago Lachiguiri | |
|---|---|
Municipality an toun | |
  Santiago Lachiguiri Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 16°41′N 95°32′W / 16.683°N 95.533°WCoordinates: 16°41′N 95°32′W / 16.683°N 95.533°W | |
| Kintra |  Mexico |
| State | Oaxaca |
| Area | |
| • Total | 673.63 km2 (260.09 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 800 m (2,600 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Stanudart Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylicht Time) |
Santiago Lachiguiri is a toun an municipality in Oaxaca in sooth-wastren Mexico. It is pairt o the Tehuantepec Destrict in the wast o the Istmo Region.[1]
Environs[eedit | eedit soorce]
The municipality covers a aurie o 673.63 km2 (260.09 sq mi). The Cerro de las Flores is the heichest muntain in the Isthmo region at 2,200 meter (7,200 ft) abuin sea level. The climate in the lawer sooth side o the muntains is hot, wi a constant wind frae north tae sooth. Flora include pine, aik, mango, avocado, sapodilla, tamarind, ploum, granaditas, peach an bananae. Wild fauna include tapir, brocks, cat, raccoon, armadillo, rabbit, boar, porcupines, coyotes, parrots an various reptiles.[1]
Economy[eedit | eedit soorce]
As o 2005, the municipality haed 1,110 hoosehaulds wi a total population o 4.361 o whilk there 2.339 fowk wha speak a indigenous leid. The veelagers grow coffee, maize, beans an chiles, raise nwt an log the cedar, pine an aik trees. They practice huntin an fishin for private consumption.[1] The Union o Indigenous Commonties o the Isthmus Region, a cooperative foondit in 1982, assists in production an distribution o the local products, notably coffee, unner fair trade or organic labels.[2]
Thare capper, airn, gowd an quairtz mines in the vicinity.[1] Arco Resources of Canada awns twa minin claims near the toun, El Pochotle an El Pochotle II, whilk it is investigatin for precious metals.[3] Continuum Resources, anither Canadian company, haes 3000 hectares o minin concessions near Santiago Lachiguiri an aw. These include aulder mines that in the past wur uised tae access siller-rich zones o lead-zinc sulphides an oxides.[4]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ a b c d "-". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved 12 Juin 2009.
- ↑ "Union of Indigenous Communities of the Isthmus Region" (PDF). GPIAtlantic. Retrieved 18 Julie 2010.
- ↑ "Arco's Lachiguiri Property Meets Minimum Listing Requirements". Arco Resources. 5 Mey 2010. Retrieved 18 Julie 2010.
- ↑ "Continuum reactivates 100% owned Lachiguiri Project in Oaxaca State, Mexico". Continuum Resources Ltd. 24 September 2007. Retrieved 18 Julie 2010.[deid airtin]