San Juan Bautista Valle Nacional 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
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 ...
. The municipality covers an area of 394.23 km² within the
Sierra Juárez mountains.
It is part of the
Tuxtepec District
Tuxtepec District is located in the north of the Papaloapan Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Municipalities
The district includes the following municipalities:
*Acatlán de Pérez Figueroa
* Ayotzintepec
* Cosolapa
* Loma Bonita
* San Fel ...
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 ...
.
The town lies on the north bank of the
Valle Nacional River
The Valle Nacional River is a river of Oaxaca state in Mexico.
The river originates in the Sierra Juárez.
The ecology of the region, originally one of pine forests, is threatened by logging, agriculture and grazing.
The Valle Nacional flows past ...
, a tributary of the
Papaloapan River.
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 21,189.
References
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Municipalities of Oaxaca
Sierra Madre de Oaxaca