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Santo Domingo Petapa

Field	Value
name	Santo Domingo Petapa
settlement_type	Municipality and town
native_name
map_caption	Location of the municipality in Oaxaca
pushpin_map	Mexico
pushpin_label_position	above
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Mexico
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Mexico
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Oaxaca
established_title
area_total_km2	232.2
area_land_km2
population_as_of	2005
population_total	7,583
timezone	Central Standard Time
utc_offset	-6
timezone_DST	Central Daylight Time
utc_offset_DST	-5
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
postal_code_type

Santo Domingo Petapa is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico.

Geography

The municipality covers an area of 232.2 km2, at an average altitude of 250 meters above sea level, and is part of the Juchitán District of the Istmo de Tehuantepec region. The climate is hot and humid with summer rains.

Flora and fauna

Flora include mahogany, cedar, oak, pine, pine, and Nopo guanacaste, deer, pochote, chiviveta, beo, mamey, taro and cassava. Wild fauna include boar, badger, raccoon, armadillo, squirrel, wild cat and rabbit.

Demography

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 7,583 of whom 2,696 spoke indigenous languages.{{cite web |archive-date=2011-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616191357/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/oaxaca/municipios/20513a.htm |url-status=live

A painting on cotton cloth from 1540 depicts the town and its neighbor Guevea de Humboldt. The picture records the history of the people from the time of their migration from Zaachila up to the Spanish conquest, and was designed to establish ancient property rights.{{cite web |archive-date=2011-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717034742/https://circle.ubc.ca/bitstream/handle/2429/13748/ubc_2009_fall_schwab_joshua.pdf?sequence=1 |url-status=dead

Economy

The main economic activity is coffee cultivation. The people also grow corn, beans, pineapple, citrus, melon and watermelon, raise cattle, horses, pigs and poultry, and engage in logging. The Union of Indigenous Communities of the Isthmus Region, a cooperative founded in 1982, assists in production and distribution of the local products, notably coffee, under a fair trade label.{{cite web |archive-date=2011-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608213528/http://www.gpiatlantic.org/conference/reports/2103uciri.pdf |url-status=live

References

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