Santa María Xadani
Santa María Xadani | |
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Municipality an toun | |
  Santa María Xadani Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 16°22′N 95°1′W / 16.367°N 95.017°WCoordinates: 16°22′N 95°1′W / 16.367°N 95.017°W | |
| Kintra |  Mexico |
| State | Oaxaca |
| Area | |
| • Total | 89.31 km2 (34.48 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
Santa María Xadani is a toun an municipality in Oaxaca in sooth-wastren Mexico. It is pairt o the Juchitán Destrict in the wast o the Istmo de Tehuantepec region.[1]
Environs[eedit | eedit soorce]
The municipality covers a aurie o 89.31 km². The toun is 20 metres abuin sea level, an is aboot 3 km frae the Laguna Superior. The Los Perros river passes throu the municipality an is uised for irrigation. The climate is tropical, wi simmer rainfaw averagin 950 mm.[1]
Flora include mesquite, ceiba, sapodilla, coconut, gulavere, willae, fruit trees an native grasslands. Wild fauna include armadillo, iguana, rabbit, opossum an birds such as mockingbird an rook.[1] Some efforts hae been made tae involve the inhabitants in reforestation programs, but wi limitit success.[2]
Economy[eedit | eedit soorce]
As o 2005, the municipality haed 1,492 hoosehauds wi a total population o 7,283 o whom 6,114 spoke a indigenous leid. Economic activities include cultivation o beans, sorghum, maize, sesame, pumpkin, peanut, melon an wattermelon, ainimal husbandry o cattle, pigs an goats, an fishin for shrimp an ither crustaceans in the lagoon.[1]
Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Sheila Clarke. "Santa María Xadani (pictures)". Tom Zap. Retrieved 15 Julie 2010.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ a b c d "Santa María Xadani". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived frae the original on 14 December 2004. Retrieved 15 Julie 2010.
- ↑ "Capítulo V.- El Centro de Soporte Ecológico y la participación de tres comunidades oaxaqueñas en su propuesta sustentable". eumed.net. Archived frae the original on 12 Juin 2010. Retrieved 15 Julie 2010.