Nejapa de Madero is a town and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Oaxaca Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of Mexico. It is ...

in south-western

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

. It is part of the

Yautepec District Yautepec District is located in the east of the Sierra Sur Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. Environment The district lies in the eastern end of the Sierra Madre del Sur and is mountainous, with an area of 4,772 square kilometers. The tem ...

in the east of the Sierra Sur Region, not far from the main highway between

Oaxaca, Oaxaca Oaxaca de Juárez (), also Oaxaca City or simply Oaxaca (Valley Zapotec: ''Ndua''), is the capital and largest city of the eponymous Mexican state Oaxaca. It is the municipal seat for the surrounding Municipality of Oaxaca. It is in the Centro ...

and

Salina Cruz Salina Cruz is a major seaport on the Pacific coast of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is the state's third-largest city and is the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. It is part of the Tehuantepec District in the west of the I ...

. The name "Nejapa" means "ash water".

Geography

The municipality covers an area of 370 km² at an altitude of 660 meters above sea level. The climate is warm, with rain in summer and autumn. Tree include pine and oak, and fruits such as papaya, melon, watermelon, tomatoes, peppers, banana, mango, orange, lemon and sapota grow here. Wild fauna include deer, coyote, rabbits, costoche, raccoon, badger, opossum, iguana, dove, squirrels, eagles, hawk and vulture.

History

It was established around 1548 for the Spaniards after have conquered Mexico. One of the founders and first parish priest of the village was the friar Pedro García, native from

Navamorales Navamorales is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 142 people. Geography T ...

in Salamanca, Spain.

Demography

As of 2005, the municipality had 1,702 households with a total population of 7,285 of whom 1,300 spoke an indigenous language.

Economy

Economic activities include cultivation of maize, sorghum, peanuts and other crops such as beans, coffee and various fruits, and animal husbandry. There is some logging. Many of the people produce mezcal. The

Union of Indigenous Communities of the Isthmus Region The Union of Indigenous Communities of the Isthmus Region ( es, Unión de Comunidades Indígenas de la Región del Istmo, or UCIRI), is a farmer's cooperative in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. It was established in 1982 to assist in production, mark ...

, a cooperative founded in 1982, assists in production and distribution of the local products, notably coffee, under a

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label.

References

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