The Sierra Mixe or Mixes District is a district in the east of the Sierra Norte Region of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It comprises 17 municipalities and covers at an average elevation of above sea level. As of 2020 the district had a total population of 112,447. The main food crops are maize and beans, while permanent crops include coffee, lemon and oranges.
Most of the inhabitants are of indigenous Mixe ethnicity, and the Mixe languages are spoken throughout the region. The western part of the region is high Sierra, with climate ranging to temperate to cold with strong winds and seasons of daily and constant rains and storms, this changes to the Mixe media territories; of lower mountain ranges but still a very abrupt and rough terrain, with daily rain, ranging from tropical to mist forests to pine-encine, but the more eastern parts are the tropical lowlands of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
Municipalities
The district includes the following municipalities: Municipalitycode Name Population Land Area Population density 2020 Rank km sq mi Rank 2020 Rank Asunción Cacalotepec Mixistlán de la Reforma San Juan Cotzocón San Juan Mazatlán San Lucas Camotlán San Miguel Quetzaltepec San Pedro Ocotepec San Pedro y San Pablo Ayutla Santa María Alotepec Santa María Tepantlali Santa María Tlahuitoltepec Santiago Atitlán, Oaxaca Santiago Ixcuintepec Santiago Zacatepec Santo Domingo Tepuxtepec Tamazulapam del Espíritu Santo Totontepec Villa de Morelos Distrito Sierra Mixe — — — Source: INEGICenso Oaxaca 2020
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