Tuxtepec District is located in the north of the Papaloapan Region 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 Federative Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 570 municipaliti ...

Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the southern portion of North America. It is borders of Mexico, bordered to the north by the United States; to the so ...

Municipalities

The district includes the following municipalities: * Acatlán de Pérez Figueroa *

Ayotzintepec Ayotzintepec is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in southern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 169.69 km2. It is part of the Tuxtepec District of the Papaloapan Region The Cuenca del Papaloapan Region is in the north of the st ...

* Cosolapa * Loma Bonita * San Felipe Jalapa de Díaz * San Felipe Usila * San José Chiltepec *

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 no ...

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 ...

* San Juan Bautista Valle Nacional * San Lucas Ojitlán * San Miguel Soyaltepec *

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 s ...

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 ...

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 Mexican state of Veracruz. Its name comes from the Nahuatl ''papaloapan'' meaning "river of the butterflies". In 1517, Juan de Grijalva's expedition spotted the river, naming it Río de Alva ...

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

References

Districts of Oaxaca Papaloapan Region {{Oaxaca-geo-stub