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 district had a total population of 96,920.
The main food crops are maize and beans, while permanent crops include coffee, lemon and oranges.
Most of the inhabitants are of indigenous Mixe ethnicity, and the Mixe languages are spoken throughout the region. The western part of the region is high Sierra, with climate ranging to temperate to cold with strong winds and seasons of daily and constant rains and storms, this changes to the Mixe media territories; of lower mountain ranges but still a very abrupt and rough terrain, with daily rain, ranging from tropical to mist forests to pine-encine, but the more eastern parts are the tropical lowlands of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.

Municipalities

The district includes the following municipalities:
MunicipalityArea km22005
Population		Indigenous
language
speakers
Asunción Cacalotepec77753
Mixistlán de la Reforma1912,438
San Juan Cotzocón94522,47810,712
San Juan Mazatlán1,99016,1388,543
San Lucas Camotlán1282,5242,168
San Miguel Quetzaltepec1996,0155,428
San Pedro Ocotepec1372,1711,933
San Pedro y San Pablo Ayutla1084,3193,639
Santa María Alotepec1492,5262,262
Santa María Tepantlali
Santa María Tlahuitoltepec
Santiago Atitlán833,1872,790
Santiago Ixcuintepec1021,4411,124
Santiago Zacatepec1434,8714,378
Santo Domingo Tepuxtepec
Tamazulapam del Espíritu Santo
Totontepec Villa de Morelos3194,780