Tuxtepec District is located in the north of the

Papaloapan Region The Cuenca del Papaloapan Region is in the north of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico where the foothills of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca meet the coastal plain of Veracruz. The principal city is San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec, the second largest in Oaxaca st ...

of the State of

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 ...

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Municipalities

The district includes the following municipalities: *

Acatlán de Pérez Figueroa Acatlán de Pérez Figueroa is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. It is part of the Tuxtepec District of the Papaloapan Region. The name "Acatlán" means "among the reeds". Luis Pérez Figueroa was a general. Geography T ...

* Ayotzintepec * Cosolapa * Loma Bonita * San Felipe Jalapa de Díaz *

San Felipe Usila San Felipe Usila is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 255.17 km². It is part of the Tuxtepec District of the Papaloapan Region The Cuenca del Papaloapan Region is in the north of ...

San José Chiltepec San José Chiltepec is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 204.13 km². It is part of the Tuxtepec District of the Papaloapan Region The Cuenca del Papaloapan Region is in the north ...

San José Independencia San José Independencia is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 58.75 km2. It is part of the Tuxtepec District of the Papaloapan Region The Cuenca del Papaloapan Region is in the north ...

San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec ( nah, Tōchtepēc, "on the hill of rabbits"), or simply referred to as Tuxtepec, is the head of the municipality by the same name and is the second most populous city of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is part of the Tux ...

San Juan Bautista Valle Nacional San Juan Bautista Valle Nacional is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 394.23 km² within the Sierra Juárez mountains. It is part of the Tuxtepec District of the Papaloapan Region. The t ...

San Lucas Ojitlán San Lucas Ojitlán is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 595.81 km². It is part of the Tuxtepec District of the Papaloapan Region The Cuenca del Papaloapan Region is in the north o ...

San Miguel Soyaltepec Temascal is a town in the Mexican state of Oaxaca which is the seat of the municipality of San Miguel Soyaltepec. It is part of the Tuxtepec District of the Papaloapan Region. The name ''Soyaltepec'' means "hill of palm trees" in Náhuatl but th ...

San Pedro Ixcatlán San Pedro Ixcatlán is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of km². It is part of the Tuxtepec District of the Papaloapan Region The Cuenca del Papaloapan Region is in the north of the stat ...

Santa María Jacatepec Santa María Jacatepec is a town and municipality located in the state of Oaxaca 11 km north of the Valle Nacional. "Jacatepec" comes from Nahuatl meaning 'on jackal hill.' It is part of the Tuxtepec District of the Papaloapan Region T ...

File:Catedral Tuxtepec.JPG, Tuxtepec Cathedral File:Tux Papaloapan river.JPG, Tuxtepec from the

Papaloapan river The Papaloapan River () is one of the main rivers of the Political divisions of Mexico, Mexican state of Veracruz (state), Veracruz. Its name comes from the Nahuatl ''papaloapan'' meaning "river of the Butterfly, butterflies". In 1517, Juan de Gri ...

File:Compañia del Tropico2.JPG, Trópico brewery File:Arrocera Tuxtepec.JPG, Old rice fields in El Desengaño

References

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