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 square kilometers (1,900 square miles) at an average elevation of 1,200 meters (3,900 feet) 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.^[1]

Sierra Mixe District
District
Oaxaca regions and districts: Sierra Norte to Northeast
Coordinates: 17°10′N 95°47′W
Country	Mexico
State	Oaxaca

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^{[check spelling]}, but the more eastern parts are the tropical lowlands of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.

Sierra Mixe and main towns

Municipalities

Mixe Municipalities

The district includes the following municipalities:^[2]

Municipality	Area km2	2005 Population	Indigenous language speakers
Asunción Cacalotepec	77	753
Mixistlán de la Reforma	191	2,438
San Juan Cotzocón	945	22,478	10,712
San Juan Mazatlán	1,990	16,138	8,543
San Lucas Camotlán	128	2,524	2,168
San Miguel Quetzaltepec	199	6,015	5,428
San Pedro Ocotepec	137	2,171	1,933
San Pedro y San Pablo Ayutla	108	4,319	3,639
Santa María Alotepec	149	2,526	2,262
Santa María Tepantlali
Santa María Tlahuitoltepec
Santiago Atitlán	83	3,187	2,790
Santiago Ixcuintepec	102	1,441	1,124
Santiago Zacatepec	143	4,871	4,378
Santo Domingo Tepuxtepec
Tamazulapam del Espíritu Santo
Totontepec Villa de Morelos	319	4,780