Ixtlán District

Ixtlán District is located in the northeast of the Sierra Norte region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Ixtlán District
District
Oaxaca regions and districts: Sierra Norte to the Northeast
Coordinates: 17°19′50″N 96°29′14″W
Country Mexico
StateOaxaca

The district includes 26 municipalities, bringing together a total of 161 settlements which at the 2000 census had between them 40,218 inhabitants, the majority of them indigenous Zapotec speakers.[1]

  • Scenery near Santo Domingo Cacalotepec
  • Entrance to church in Capulalpam de Méndez
  • Main street of Guelatao de Juarez
  • General view of Ixtlan de Juárez
  • An economically sustainable, community-owned fish farm, located near Ixtlan.
  • The Cloud Forest of Santiago Comaltepec is some the best conserved in the world

Municipalities
Municipalities of Ixtlán District

The district includes the following municipalities:[2]

See also

References
  1. El Premio Gobierno y Gestión Local. "Associatióon de Municipios del Distrito de Ixtlán de Juárez". Archived from the original on 2009-12-28. Retrieved 2010-07-08. (in Spanish)
  2. "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Estado de Oaxaca". Archived from the original on 2010-07-10. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
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