Tanetze de Zaragoza

Municipality and town in Oaxaca, Mexico

Tanetze de Zaragoza

Municipality and town

Tanetze de Zaragoza

Location in Mexico

Coordinates: 17°22′N 96°18′W﻿ / ﻿17.367°N 96.300°W﻿ / 17.367; -96.300
Country|  Mexico
State| Oaxaca
District| Villa Alta District
Area

• Total

| 58.69 km2 (22.66 sq mi)
Elevation

| 1,280 m (4,200 ft)
Population

(2005)

• Total

| 1,581
Time zone| UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
From left to right: Tanetze de Zaragoza, San Isidro Reforma, Juquila Vijanos Santo Domingo Cacalotepec Waterfall near Tanetze

Tanetze de Zaragoza is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. It is part of the Villa Alta District in the center of the Sierra Norte Region. The name "Tanetze" means "hill of thorns".[1]

## Geography

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The municipality covers an area of 58.69 km2 in mountainous terrain. The town is at an elevation of 1,280 meters above sea level. The climate is cool, with prevailing winds from the north. Flora include pines and oaks, mamey, orange, mango and sapote. Wild fauna includes eagle, buzzard, deer and owls, wild boar and wild cat, rattlesnakes, and coral snakes.[1]

## Population

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As of 2005, the municipality had 431 houses with a total population of 1,581 of whom 1,327 spoke an indigenous language. Most of the population is engaged in cultivation of maize, beans and coffee. Logging is undertaken mainly for house building materials. Houses typically have dirt floors, adobe and brick walls, tin roofs, tiles.[1] Some of the women in the community have formed a cooperative named "Yu-Van", which means "Living Earth" in the Zapotec language. The cooperative roasts and grinds their coffee harvest and sells it in the organic market in Oaxaca City, 6 hours away.[2]

The region has seen violent confrontations between the authorities and members of the Popular Indigenous Council of Oaxaca "Ricardo Flores Magón", an activist organization of indigenous people.[3][4] The Confederación Revolucionaria de Organizaciones Campesinas Unidas de Tuxtepec (CROCUT) (English: United Revolutionary Confederation of Peasant Organizations Tuxtepec) is also active in the area.[5]

## External links

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* "De fiesta en Tanetze". panoramio.com. Retrieved 2010-07-19.

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Tanetze de Zaragoza". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on 2006-05-02. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
2. ^ "A Day in the Cafetal". REFLECTIONS OAXACA (44). Feb 2007. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
3. ^ "Fifth anniversary of attacks against Santa Maria Yaviche". CIPO-VAN. 16 October 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
4. ^ "Magonista to visit Bristol (Tuesday 18-6-02)". Bristol Indy Media. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
5. ^ "Desaparicion de persona provoca tension en Tanetze de Zaragoza". notas.desaparecidos.org (in Spanish). November 8, 2008. Archived from the original on 2010-10-31. Retrieved 2010-07-19.

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Municipalities of Villa Alta District, Oaxaca

* San Andrés Solaga
* San Andrés Yaá
* San Baltazar Yatzachi el Bajo
* San Bartolomé Zoogocho
* San Cristóbal Lachirioag
* San Francisco Cajonos
* San Ildefonso Villa Alta
* San Juan Juquila Vijanos
* San Juan Tabaá
* San Juan Yaeé
* San Juan Yatzona
* San Mateo Cajonos
* San Melchor Betaza
* San Pablo Yaganiza
* San Pedro Cajonos
* Santa María Temaxcalapa
* Santa María Yalina
* Santiago Camotlán
* Santiago Lalopa
* Santiago Zoochila
* Santo Domingo Roayaga
* Santo Domingo Xagacía
* Tanetze de Zaragoza
* Villa Hidalgo
* Villa Talea de Castro

See also Municipalities of Oaxaca
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