San Miguel Tenango is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico . It is part of the Tehuantepec District in the west of the Istmo Region .
12-478: The municipality covers an area of 326.61 km² at an altitude of 1,550 meters above sea level in the Sierra Madre del Sur 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. As of 2005,
24-657: A location in the Mexican state of Oaxaca is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sierra Madre del Sur The Sierra Madre del Sur is a mountain range in southern Mexico , extending 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) from southern Michoacán east through Guerrero , to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in eastern Oaxaca . The Sierra Madre del Sur joins with the Eje Volcánico Transversal (Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt) of central Mexico in northern Oaxaca, but
36-457: Is named after Juan Álvarez , a Mexican general and former president of Mexico. The decree for the creation of this national park was issued on May 14, 1964, by the then president of the republic Adolfo López Mateos . Park occupies part of the mountain range called the Sierra Madre del Sur , located northwest of the city of Chilapa de Álvarez . These elevations are known as El Ocotal, with altitudes up to 2,500 m asl . Some ravines that feed
48-580: Is separated from this range further west by the valley of the Balsas River and its tributary the Tepalcatepec River . The mountains' highest point is Cerro Nube – 3,720 metres (12,200 ft), in southern Oaxaca, and just one major highway crosses the range between Acapulco and Mexico City. Although separated from the main part of the Sierra Madre del Sur by the deep canyon of the lower Río Balsas,
60-519: Is within some category. risk of the Official Mexican Standard NOM-059. In general, the flora that exists in this national park and that can be seen throughout this place is made up of pine and oak forests, some of which have been introduced as a measure taken for the reforestation process of the place. Even in the lower parts you can find areas of grasslands. Other species that can be observed are orchids, which are highly endangered in
72-576: The Southwestern United States to Costa Rica along the American Cordillera . Lower elevations of the range are covered by tropical dry forests . Tropical dry forests include closed-canopy forests, woodlands, and thorn scrub, and many trees and shrubs lose their leaves during the winter dry season. The Jalisco dry forests ecoregion occupies the western end of the range's Pacific slope. The Southern Pacific dry forests occupy most of
84-625: The Tehuantepec River and on the north by the Central Valleys of Oaxaca. The Pacific (southern) slope of the Sierra Miahuatlán is covered by humid broadleaf forests. The range is noted for its very high biodiversity and large number of endemic species. The Sierra Madre del Sur pine-oak forests ecoregion occupies the higher reaches of the range. These forests are part of a chain of Mesoamerican pine-oak forests that stretch from
96-589: The Campo Verde, Iliatenco, Cafetal San Juanito (Pluma Hidalgo), Cafetal Soconusco, Cerro Azul, Concepción Vista Hermosa, El Corozal, and El Borbollón, La Pandura y La Yerbabuena voluntary conservation areas. General Juan %C3%81lvarez National Park General Juan N. Álvarez National Park is a national park and protected area located in Guerrero , Mexico . The park was established in 1964 and covers approximately 5.28 square kilometres (2.04 sq mi). The area
108-736: The Pacific slope of the range, from Michoacan in the west through Guerrero and Oaxaca. The basin of the Balsas River, north of the Sierra, is home to the Balsas dry forests . Protected areas in the Sierra include the Sierra de Manantlán , Zicuirán-Infiernillo , and Tehuacán-Cuicatlán biosphere reserves , General Juan Álvarez National Park , Boquerón de Tonalá Flora and Fauna Protection Area , Omiltemi Ecological State Park , Los Olivos and El Nanchal state reserves, and
120-409: The mountains of southern Michoacán around Coalcomán are usually considered part of the Sierra Madre del Sur. The eastern end of the Sierra Madre del Sur, in southern Oaxaca, is known as the Sierra Miahuatlán. It extends east–west for about 180 km parallel to the Pacific coast, with broad areas over 1,500 metres elevation, including Cerro Nube. It is bounded on the east and northeast by the valley of
132-436: 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 . 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. This article about
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#1733084713160144-874: The tributaries of the rivers near park in turn feed the Atzacualoya River, which belongs to the homonymous basin, and which is a tributary of the Mezcala River , which in turn is a tributary of the Balsas River. According to the National Information System on Biodiversity of the National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO), in the General Juan Álvarez National Park there are more than 15 species of plants and animals, of which 1
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