Ixtepec, Oaxaca

Ciudad Ixtepec
Ciudad Ixtepec
Coordinates: 16°34′N 95°06′W / 16.567°N 95.1°WCoordinates: 16°34′N 95°06′W / 16.567°N 95.1°W
Country	Mexico
State	Oaxaca
Municipality	Ixtepec
Founded	16th C.
Area
– Total	229.65 km2 (88.7 sq mi)
Elevation	40 m (131 ft)
Population (2005)(municipality)
– Total	24,181
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
Postal code
Demonym	Ixtepecano

Ixtepec (formally: Ciudad Ixtepec; previously known as Villa de San Jerónimo Doctor) is a small city, and municipality of the same name, located in the state of Oaxaca, in southern Mexico. It is part of the Juchitán District in the west of the Istmo de Tehuantepec region.^[1]

Environment

The municipality has an area of 229.65 km² at an average elevation of 40 meters above sea level. The climate is warm,, with rainfall of 950 mm annually mostly falling in the summer. Average temperature is 27.4ºC, ranging from 21.5ºC to 30.7ºC.^[1]

Economy

As of 2005, there were 6,481 households with a population of 24,181, of whom 4,667 spoke an indigenous language. Like Ixtaltepec, Juchitán and Tehuantepec, Ixtepec has a significant native Zapotec population. Many indigenous traditions are still followed.

Ixtepec used to be an important railway center point, but nowadays no passenger train traffic runs through. However, a university has recently been constructed there. Economic activities include very limited agriculture on 972 hectares of irrigated land growing corn, sorghum, sesame and vegetables, 408 small farms raising cattle, pigs or goats, fish hatcheries for crappie, tilapia and red snapper, manufacture of bricks, school uniforms and home furnishings, and mining of black clay for making pots and figurines and adobe bricks.^[1]

Communities

As municipal seat, Ciudad Ixtepec has governing authority over the following communities:^[1]

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