Istmo de Tehuantepec is the largest region of the state of Oaxaca , located in southwestern Mexico .
6-563: Tehuantepec District is located in the west of the Istmo Region of the State of Oaxaca , Mexico . It includes the cities of Salina Cruz and Tehuantepec . The district includes the following municipalities: This article about a location in the Mexican state of Oaxaca is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Istmo de Tehuantepec, Oaxaca It covers the southern part of
12-584: Is an area of significant ecological importance, including the largest intact tropical cloud forest in Central America. It also has lowland tropical rainforests , tropical dry forests , Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine-oak forests and Sierra Madre del Sur pine-oak forests , and Chimalapas montane forests . The forest is also home to 300 species of native orchids , representing 27% of known Mexican orchid species and 60% of recorded Mexican orchid genera. The region has cement and lime plants. The main industry
18-620: Is the Pemex oil refinery in the port of Salina Cruz , the largest city in Istmo de Tehuantepec, located on the Pacific coast at the Gulf of Tehuantepec . The isthmus has extensive livestock production operations. Crops include sesame, coffee, rice, sorghum , pineapple, banana, coconut, melon, and sugarcane . Fishing cooperatives harvest shrimp and other seafood from the Pacific. The government has plans to develop
24-597: The Corredor Multimodal Interoceánico Istmo de Tehuantepec ( Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec ). The 2017 Chiapas earthquake severely damaged buildings in the region on 7 September 2017. It measured 8.2 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX ( Violent ) and occurred approximately 87 kilometres (54 mi) south of Pijijiapan off the Chiapas coast in
30-621: The Isthmus of Tehuantepec , the shortest route between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean before the Panama Canal was opened. The Istmo region has two districts, Juchitán District and Tehuantepec District , and 41 municipalities . The region contain the largest part of the Selva Zoque (Zoque Forest) ecological region, that extends into adjacent Veracruz and Chiapas states. It
36-564: The trans-Isthmus of Tehuantepec corridor, including improving transportation routes, developing an industrial zone along the highway, and expanding the petroleum and petrochemical industries in Salina Cruz . Other plans include creating coffee plantations and cattle corridors; expanding production of beans, maize, and chili; and exploiting the bio-genetic resources of native medicinal plants. The proposed 2021 budget contemplates MXN $ 4,133 billion (US $ 199.3 million), and 18.% increase over 2020, for
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