Back سالينا كروز Arabic سالينا كروز ARZ Salina Cruz (lungsod sa Mehiko, Estado de Oaxaca, Salina Cruz) CEB Salina Cruz German Salina Cruz English Salina Cruz Esperanto Salina Cruz Spanish Salina Cruz French Salina Cruz Hungarian Salina Cruz ID
Salina Cruz | |
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Municipality and town | |
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 Coat airms | |
 Location of the municipality in Oaxaca | |
  Salina Cruz Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 16°10′N 95°12′W / 16.167°N 95.200°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Oaxaca |
| Area | |
| • Total | 113.55 km2 (43.84 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 76,219 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Staundart Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylicht Time) |
Salina Cruz is a major seaport on the Pacific coast o the Mexican state o Oaxaca. It is the state's third-lairgest ceety an is municipal seat o the municipality o the same name. It is pairt o the Tehuantepec Destrict in the wast o the Istmo Region. The ceety haed a 2005 census population o 71,314 indwallers, while its municipality, wi an aurie o 113.55 km2 (43.84 sq mi) haed a population o 76,219, the state's fowert-lairgest municipality in population.
The port wis developit in the late 19t hunderyear due tae its location at the soothren terminus o the Ferrocarril Transístmico, which carriet freicht athort the Isthmus o Tehuantepec.
