Sierra Norte de Oaxaca
La Sierra Norte de Oaxaca is a hivily-firthit region in the state o Oaxaca, Mexico. It is 62 km frae the ceety o Oaxaca on Federal heich-gate 175, heidin east taewart Tuxtepec.[1] The region is dividit intae three destricts: Ixtlán, whilk haes 26 municipalities, Villa Alta, whilk haes 25 municipalities an Mixe, whilk haes 17 municipalities.[2]
Sierra Norte de Oaxaca | |
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| Coordinates: 17°19′50″N 96°29′14″W / 17.33056°N 96.48722°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Oaxaca |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Staundart Time) |
Environment
eeditThe wastren pairt o the region is muntainous, containin pairt o the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca whilk includes the Sierra Juárez an Sierra de Villa Alta. Eastle, the region slopes doun tae the Veracruz coastal plain. The aurie haes ane o the best-preservit biospheres in Mexico, as weel as a nummer o interestin touns an veelages. The region promotes ecotourism tae help preserve the biosphere wi various enterprises afferin cabins, campin, access an guides for hikin an muntain-bikin trails, horseback ridin, bird-watchin, an cave sploration. It is ane o richest zones o biodiversitie in Mexico an aw, wi 400 species o birds an 350 species o butterflies. It contains seiven o the nine teeps o vegetation indigenous tae the kintra.[1]
Commonties
eeditThare a nummer o touns locatit athin this aurie. Ixtlán is the poleetical an economic centre o the region.[3] Ixtlan is notit for its Kirk o Saunt Thomas the Apostle (Iglesia de Santo Tomás Apostal), whilk is a baroque style kirk kent for its portals, façades an sculpturs. Capulálpam de Méndez is 9 km east o Ixtlán, an haes a kirk an aw, Kirk o Saunt Matthew (Iglesia de San Mateo) wi altars representative o Mexican Baroque style. It haes the Centro de Medicina Indígena Tradicional (Centre for Indigenous Tradeetional Medicine) whilk is sponsored bi the Mexican Secretar o Halth. It is open tae the public, includin tourists an affers native herbal medicines, massages, temascals an ritual cleansins.[1]
Indigenous fowks o the Sierra Norte
eeditVarious fowks o the region include the Zapotecs, Mixes, Chinantecs, Tlaxcaltecs an the Nahuas.
The Zapotecs o the Sierra Norte, wha caw thairsels the bene xon, is ane o 3 major Zapotec regions in soothren Mexico. The ither three reside in the Isthmus o Tehuantepec, el Valle an the Sierra Madre Oriental. Maist Zapotecs are foond in the Villa Alta destrict wi some in Ixtlán an a few in Choapan. The bene xon divide intae fower sub-culturs: Cajonos, El Rincón, Ixtlán an Choapan.[3]
References
eedit- ↑ a b c Quintanar Hinojosa, Beatriz (2007). "La Sierra Norte". Guía México Desconocido: Oaxaca. 137: 36–37. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México Estado de Oaxaca". Archived frae the original on 27 Januar 2007. Retrieved 18 Februar 2008.
- ↑ a b "PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS DE MÉXICO ZAPOTECOS / BENE XON DE LA SIERRA NORTE DE OAXACA". Archived frae the original on 9 Juin 2007. Retrieved 18 Februar 2008.