Santiago Zacatepec

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Santiago Zacatepec
Municipality an toun
Santiago Zacatepec is located in Mexico
Santiago Zacatepec
Santiago Zacatepec
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°9′N 95°55′W / 17.150°N 95.917°W / 17.150; -95.917Coordinates: 17°9′N 95°55′W / 17.150°N 95.917°W / 17.150; -95.917
Kintra Mexico
StateOaxaca
Area
 • Total142.89 km2 (55.17 sq mi)
Elevation
1,200 m (3,900 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Staundart Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylicht Time)

Santiago Zacatepec is a toun an municipality in Oaxaca in sooth-wastren Mexico. It is pairt o the Sierra Mixe destrict athin the Sierra Norte de Oaxaca Region. The Spaingie municipality wis foondit aroond 1520.[1]

The municipality covers a aurie o 142.89 km² o muntainous an firthit terrain. The toun is at a elevation o 1,200 abuin sea level. The climate is mild wi maist rain atween frae Juin an Januar.

Flora include aik, cedar, sapodilla, mahogany an chokecherry. Wild fauna include deer, skunk, rabbit, squirrel, brock, wild boar, wild cat, muntain lion, mole, muntain lion, monkey, armadillo, tad, raccoon an opossum.[1]

As o 2005, the municipality haed 1,106 hoosehauds wi a total population o 4.871 o wham 4,378 fowk spak a indigenous leid. Maist o the fowk is engagit in agricultur, growin corn, beans an fruits. Thare is some production o mezcal.[1]

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. a b c "Santiago Zacatepec". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived frae the original on 27 Mey 2007. Retrieved 16 Julie 2010.