Santiago Atitlán is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. It is part of the

Sierra Mixe The Sierra Mixe or Mixes District is a district in the east of the Sierra Norte Region of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It comprises 17 municipalities and covers 4,930 km2 at an average elevation of 1,200 meters above sea level. As of 2005 the dis ...

district within the Sierra Norte de Oaxaca Region. The municipality covers wooded and mountainous area of 82.93 km². The forests contain oak, mahogany, white cedar and red cedar, among others. Fruit trees include orange, lime, apple, peach, banana, sapodilla, mamey, pineapple, guava, plum, payua, avocado and mango. Wild animals include cat, wild boar, tapir, brocket deer, deer, tepexcuincle, coyote, wolf, bobcat and fox. As of 2005, the municipality had 679 households with a total population of 3,187 of which 2.790 spoke an indigenous language. The main economic activity is cultivation of coffee. Other crops are corn, beans, peppers and tomatoes. The Union of Indigenous Communities of the Isthmus Region, a cooperative founded in 1982, assists in production and distribution of the local products, notably coffee, under a

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Municipalities of Oaxaca {{Oaxaca-geo-stub