The municipality covers an area of 326.61 km² at an altitude of 1,550 meters above sea level in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains. The climate is cool, with abundant rains in summer and autumn. Flora includes pine, oak, Tepehuaje, copal, kapok tree, bean pod, locust, Guanacaste, fruit trees and herbaceous plants. Wild fauna include coyote, wild boar, deer, raccoon, badger, armadillo, birds and reptiles.[1]
Populationedit
As of 2005, the municipality had 172 households with a total population of 684 of whom 7 spoke an indigenous language.[1] Some speak the highland version of Oaxacan Chontal.[2]
Economyedit
Economic activities include agriculture (beans, sorghum, pumpkin, sesame, vegetables and corn), animal husbandry (cattle, goats and pigs), dairy processing and manufacture of various crafts. Hunting and fishing are practiced for personal consumption.[1]
miguel, tenango, town, municipality, oaxaca, south, western, mexico, part, tehuantepec, district, west, istmo, region, municipality, townlocation, mexicocoordinates, 600country, mexicostateoaxacaarea, total326, population, 2005, total684time, zoneutc, central,. San Miguel Tenango is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south western Mexico It is part of the Tehuantepec District in the west of the Istmo Region 1 San Miguel TenangoMunicipality and townSan Miguel TenangoLocation in MexicoCoordinates 16 16 N 95 36 W 16 267 N 95 600 W 16 267 95 600Country MexicoStateOaxacaArea Total326 61 km2 126 10 sq mi Population 2005 Total684Time zoneUTC 6 Central Standard Time Summer DST UTC 5 Central Daylight Time Contents 1 Geography 2 Population 3 Economy 4 ReferencesGeography editThe municipality covers an area of 326 61 km at an altitude of 1 550 meters above sea level in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains The climate is cool with abundant rains in summer and autumn Flora includes pine oak Tepehuaje copal kapok tree bean pod locust Guanacaste fruit trees and herbaceous plants Wild fauna include coyote wild boar deer raccoon badger armadillo birds and reptiles 1 Population editAs of 2005 the municipality had 172 households with a total population of 684 of whom 7 spoke an indigenous language 1 Some speak the highland version of Oaxacan Chontal 2 Economy editEconomic activities include agriculture beans sorghum pumpkin sesame vegetables and corn animal husbandry cattle goats and pigs dairy processing and manufacture of various crafts Hunting and fishing are practiced for personal consumption 1 References edit a b c d San Miguel Tenango Enciclopedia de los Municipios de Mexico Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal Archived from the original on 2007 01 27 Retrieved June 12 2009 Chontales Go Oaxaco Retrieved 2010 07 21 dead link nbsp This article about a location in the Mexican state of Oaxaca is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title San Miguel Tenango amp oldid 1152078029, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
