Country Mexico Area 1,594 km² Population 6,541 (2005) | State Oaxaca Local time Monday 8:17 PM | |
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Time zone Central Standard Time (UTC-6) Weather 26°C, Wind N at 21 km/h, 48% Humidity | ||
San Miguel Chimalapa is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. It is part of the Juchitán District in the west of the Istmo de Tehuantepec region.
Map of San Miguel Chimalapa, Oaxaca, Mexico
The municipality covers an area of 1593.5 km² at an altitude of 120 meters above sea level. The climate is warm temperate, sub-humid with summer rains, with 2100 mm of annual precipitation. Flora include cedar, Guanacaste, pine, pine, oak, Nopo, milk, yellow, mahogany, orange, banana, tangerine, mamey and nanche. Fauna include jaguar, mountain lion (endangered), raccoon, tapir, paca, coyote, fox, badgers, anteaters, wild boar, fox, rabbit, armadillo, mazatec, monkey, parrots, pheasant, rattlesnake and coral snake.
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 6,541 of whom 1,988 spoke an indigenous language. As of 2,000 there were about 1,675 Zoque speakers in the municipality. The municipality covers part of the Selva Zoque, an ecologically sensitive forest area. Economic activity includes agriculture (corn, beans, squash and coffee), animal husbandry (cattle, pigs, goats and sheep) and logging of timber for furniture making. Hunting and fishing is practiced by permission in the dry season.