La Sierra Norte de Oaxaca is a heavily wooded region in the state of Oaxaca , Mexico . It is 62 km from the city of Oaxaca on Federal highway 175, heading east towards Tuxtepec . The region is divided into three districts: Ixtlán , which has 26 municipalities , Villa Alta, which has 25 municipalities and Mixe , which has 17 municipalities.
6-509: Villa Alta District is located in the center of the Sierra Norte Region of the State of Oaxaca , Mexico . It has an area of 1,156 km of mountainous country, divided into 25 municipalities. As of 2007 there were 99 settlements of which 72 had electricity and 38 had a supply of potable water in 2007. As of 2005 the total population was 29,009. The main food crops are maize and beans. Coffee
12-520: Is a baroque -style church known for its portals, façades and sculptures. Capulálpam de Méndez is 9 km east of Ixtlán, and also has a church, Church of Saint Matthew (Iglesia de San Mateo) with altars representative of Mexican Baroque style. It also has the Centro de Medicina Indígena Tradicional (Center for Indigenous Traditional Medicine) which is sponsored by the Mexican Secretary of Health. It
18-509: Is also one of richest zones of biodiversity in Mexico, with 400 species of birds and 350 species of butterflies. It contains seven of the nine types of vegetation indigenous to the country. There are a number of towns located within this area. Ixtlán is the political and economic center of the region. Ixtlan is noted for its Church of Saint Thomas the Apostle (Iglesia de Santo Tomás Apostal), which
24-631: Is open to the public, including tourists and offers native herbal medicines, massages, temascals and ritual cleansings. Various peoples of the region include the Zapotecs , Mixes , Chinantecs , Tlaxcaltecs and the Nahuas . The Zapotecs of the Sierra Norte, who call themselves the bene xon, are one of 3 major Zapotec regions in southern Mexico. The other three reside in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec , el Valle and
30-604: Is the most important cash crop, and there is some sugar cane production. 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 . Sierra Norte de Oaxaca The western part of the region is mountainous, containing part of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca which includes the Sierra Juárez and Sierra de Villa Alta. To
36-512: The east, the region slopes down to the Veracruz coastal plain. The area has one of the best-preserved biospheres in Mexico , as well as a number of interesting towns and villages. The region promotes ecotourism to help preserve the biosphere with various enterprises offering cabins, camping, access and guides for hiking and mountain-biking trails, horseback riding, bird-watching, and cave exploration. It
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