San Pedro Mixtepec | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
Pushpin Label Position: | above |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mexico |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Oaxaca |
Area Total Km2: | 325.1 |
Area Blank1 Title: | Town |
Area Blank1 Km2: | 2.34 |
Population As Of: | 2020 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 49780 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Town |
Population Blank1: | 5103 |
Population Density Blank1 Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Central Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | Central Daylight Time |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 16°N -97.1169°W |
Elevation M: | 220 |
San Pedro Mixtepec is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. It is part of the Juquila District in the center of the Costa Region.[2]
The municipality covers an area of 325.1 km2 at an average altitude of 220 meters above sea level on the Pacific coast of Oaxaca.The climate is warm and humid.Flora is diverse, including tulips, roses, bougainvillea, cempaxóchitl, rose garden, lemon blossoms, noon platanillo, prickly pear, cedar, macuil, huanacaxtle, mahogany and palmFruit trees include mango, banana, mamey sapote, sapodilla, coconut, lemon, rtamarindo, almond, orange and lemon lime.[2]
As of 2005, the municipality had 7,881 households with a total population of 33,682 of whom 919 spoke an indigenous language.40% of the population of the municipality is engaged in agriculture, and 20% in animal husbandry.Tourism employs 20% of the population in the port and tourist center of Puerto Escondido and the nearby Bajos de Chila.[2]