San Pedro Mártir Quiechapa 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 ...
in
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
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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.
The name Quiechapa in the
Zapotec language means "stone woman."
Geography
The municipality covers an area of at an elevation of above sea level in the
Sierra Madre del Sur
The Sierra Madre del Sur is a mountain range in southern Mexico, extending from southern Michoacán east through Guerrero, to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in eastern Oaxaca.
Geography
The Sierra Madre del Sur joins with the Eje Volcánico Transv ...
mountains. The climate is temperate, with prevailing winds from the north.
Flora and fauna
Trees include guanacaste and pine. Fruits that grow in the area are mango, sugar cane, apple, peach, avocado, orange, lemon, mamey, pomegranate and plum. Wildlife includes rabbit, deer, coyote, bobcat, boar, tepexcuintle, armadillo and mountain lion, iguana, lizard, rattlesnake and coral snake.
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Population
As of 2005, the municipality had 158 households with a total population of 722 of whom 36 spoke an indigenous language. Most of the houses have dirt floors, brick walls and tile roofs, although some have concrete floors and walls.
Economy
The main economic activity is agriculture, growing corn, beans, wheat, coffee and fruits. Some people raise cattle, goats and poultry. Hunting and fishing is undertaken for personal consumption. There is a cottage industry producing mats and other goods from palm. The wild maguey is harvested.[
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References
Municipalities of Oaxaca
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