Silacayoapam
Silacayoapam | |
|---|---|
| Eik-name(s): Sila | |
  Silacayoapam Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 17°30′0″N 98°8′0″W / 17.50000°N 98.13333°W | |
| Kintra |  Mexico |
| State | Oaxaca |
| Area | |
| • Total | 417.2 km2 (161.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,620 m (5,310 ft) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 6,486 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Staundart Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylicht Time) |
Silacayoapam is a toun an municipality in Oaxaca in sooth-wastren Mexico. It is pairt o the Silacayoapam Destrict in the Mixteca Region.
Toun
[eedit | eedit soorce]Ance pairt o the Coixtlahuaca state, efter the Spaingie conquest the toun wis offeecially foondit in 1692. It is at a elevation o 1,620 metres in a muntain valley in northwastren Oaxaca.
Municipality
[eedit | eedit soorce]The municipality covers a aurie o 417.2 km². As o 2005, the municipality haed a total population o 6,486 o whom 1,392 spoke a indigenous leid, livin in 1,532 hoosehaulds. The main economic activity is agricultur, accoontin for 80% o the economy. The main crops are corn, beans an some fruits, as well as wheat. Some o the fowk raise cattle an poultry. Thare is some airtisan production o mezcal, brandy, woven sisal, palm an ceramics.[1]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "ESTADO DE OAXACA: SILACAYOAPAM". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived frae the original on 18 Februar 2007. Retrieved 15 Juin 2009.
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