San Miguel Tenango is a town and
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in
Oaxaca
Oaxaca, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of the Mexico, United Mexican States. It is divided into municipalities of Oaxaca, 570 munici ...
in southeastern
Mexico
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and is the fourth least densely populated municipality than Oaxaca, but is not as sparsely populated as
Santa Magdalena Jicotlán
Santa Magdalena Jicotlán is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in southeastern Mexico and is the least populous municipality in Oaxaca. It is also the third least densely populated municipality in Oaxaca, not being as sparsely populated as Santa M ...
,
Santa María Ixcatlán
Santa María Ixcatlan is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in southeastern Mexico and is the second least densely populated municipality in Oaxaca behind Santa María Chimalapa.
It is part of the Teotitlán District in the north of the Cañada ...
, or
Santa María Chimalapa.
It is part of the
Tehuantepec District in the west of the
Istmo Region.
Geography
The municipality covers an area of 326.61 km
2 at an altitude of 1,550 meters 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 cool, with abundant rains in summer and autumn.
Flora includes pine, oak, Tepehuaje, copal, kapok tree, bean pod, locust, Guanacaste, fruit trees and herbaceous plants.
Wild fauna include coyote, wild boar, deer, raccoon, badger, armadillo, birds and reptiles.
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Population
As of 2005, the municipality had 172 households with a total population of 684 of whom 7 spoke an indigenous language.[
Some speak the highland version of Oaxacan Chontal.][ ]
Economy
Economic activities include agriculture (beans, sorghum, pumpkin, sesame, vegetables and corn), animal husbandry (cattle, goats and pigs), dairy processing and manufacture of various crafts. Hunting and fishing are practiced for personal consumption.[
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References
{{Tehuantepec District
Municipalities of Oaxaca