Sierra Mixe Destrict | |
|---|---|
Destrict | |
 Oaxaca regions an destricts: Sierra Norte tae Northeast | |
| Coordinates: 17°10′N 95°47′W / 17.167°N 95.783°W | |
| Kintra |  Mexico |
| State | Oaxaca |
The Sierra Mixe or Mixes Destrict is a destrict in the east o the Sierra Norte Region o the Mexican state o Oaxaca. It comprises 17 municipalities an covers 4,930 km2 at an average elevation o 1,200 meters abuin sea level. As o 2005 the destrict haed a total population o 96,920. The main food crops are maize and beans, while permanent crops include coffee, lemon and oranges.[1]
Maist o the inhabitants are o indigenous Mixe ethnicity, an the Mixe leids are spoken throuoot the region. The wastren pairt o the region is heich Sierra, wi climate ranging to temperate tae cauld wi strang winds an saisons o daily an constant rains an storms, this chynges tae the Mixe media territories; o lawer muntain ranges but still a vera abrupt an rough terrain, wi daily rain, rangin frae tropical tae mist forests tae pine-encine, but the mair eastren pairts are the tropical lawlands o the Isthmus o Tehuantepec.
- ↑ "Distrito 14 Mixe" (PDF). oeidrus. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 22 Julie 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2010.