4 areas of the region The Tehuacan Valley

Tehuacan Chilac, Altepexi, Ajalpan, San Jose Miahuatln and Coxcatln are the municipalities of this region. The Tehuacn Valley is regarded as "the cradle of corn in Mesoamerica ", and therefore the American agriculture in this region. In this "A People Popoloca". Klaus Jcklein. National Indigenous Institute. SEP-INI - 25, Mexico City, 1974. z 16 area was discovered agricultural cultivation by the year 6000. C., marking the beginning of a new era in the history of mankind in America. Different types of pumpkin and avocado were the first species to be cultivated when they were still wild corn, chile and beans. Maize was domesticated between 5000 and 3500. C., thus gradually human culture in the region was transformed from hunter to farmer, ie a sedentary nomadic or semi-nomadic. 50 The first settlements that existed in the Tehuacn Valley and that eventually would become the current peoples of the region dating back to 3000 BC. C. Approx. These ancestral inhabitants and grew cotton and grew corn, beans and squash, dressed in cotton, cassava or Magueyes.

The * is semiarid Tehuacan Valley, composed of thickets, mesquite and chaparral as well as a wide variety of cacti. Currently the people of the Valley have been rapidly losing their
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indigenous and peasant condition as many of its people, especially young people, working in sweatshop garment industry, but still continues growing corn, beans, squash, tomatoes, garlic, shallots, cassava, alfalfa, chilies and cane sugar and other products. Today agricultural production Tehuacn Valley is in a period back to consumption, since production for regional and national trade that made the region until the eighties, a major producer of tomato, garlic and corn nationally, has reached very low levels by capitalization of the Mexican countryside in general, in addition to production which manages to introduce to the market is underpaid by intermediaries regional producers. In the region still remains the production of handicrafts like making reed baskets in Altepexi, and the traditional dressmaking chaneles in Chilac. Both manufactures are sold beyond the region. Basketry altepexana sold in Puebla, Mexico City and even exported to This.

ALTEPEXI:

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Sociodemogrfico profile:
Ethnic groups There popoloca group families. According to the results presented in the Second Population and Housing, 2005, in the municipality they inhabit a total of 8.437 people who speak an indigenous language demographic trends According to the Census of Population 1995 INEGI the municipality has 13.741 inhabitants, 6.737 men and 7.004 women, with a population density of 214 inhabitants per square kilometer, having an annual growth rate of 2.22%. It is estimated that by 2000 the population is of 15.310 with a population density of 240 inhabitants per square kilometer. Regarding exclusion have an index of 0.080, meaning that their degree of marginalization is average, so 156 ranks with the rest of the state. It has a birth rate of 24%, a mortality rate of 3.8% and a mortality rate of 9.2%. According to the results presented in the Second Population and Housing 2005, the municipality had a total of 17.238 inhabitants. religion In the township the predominant religion is Roman Catholicism with 90%, followed to a lesser extent by the Protestant 8% and 2% various religions.

ACTIVITY:
Agriculture The main agricultural products in the municipality that has highlighted the corn, tomato vegetables, tomato and green chile.
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animal husbandry In regard to this area the municipality has breeding cattle, pigs, goats, and sheep, including breeding mules, donkeys and rabbits, also has poultry. industry It has palm handicraft factory, rod, cane and wicker nixtamal milling, baking and blacksmithing. trade Among the major commercial establishments include the preparation and sale of food, grocery store, tendajones, fruits and vegetables, meat markets, poultry, bakeries, shoe stores, hardware stores, pharmacies, stationery, materials for construction. services Activity in the service industry is limited, finding local bicycle repair, repair of cars and trucks, blacksmith shop, eateries and snack bars and barbershops. Economic activities of the municipality The economically active population of the municipality is 45.1%, which 99.2% were employed and 0.8% unemployed. Furthermore the total population 52%Artesanas: Elaboran tejidos de carrizo y de palma,adems de otras artesanas que se usan en este municipio como las de barro que en este caso es el molcajete entre otras.

Costume of Altepexi:

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Ajalpan produces building materials such as bricks and tiles, which are used both for housing in the region, and for the construction of public schools in Oaxaca and Guerrero. In Calipam, in the municipality of Coxcatln, lies a wit sugarcane producers working with Tehuacn Valley and La Caada.

The Sierra Negra

The Sierra Negra is comprised of eight municipalities, is bordered by the Sierra Zongolica of Veracruz and the Sierra Mazatec of Oaxaca. Indigenous peoples existing in this area are Nahuas and Mazatec. Geographically divided into two basic areas, or mountain high and lower known as Tierra Caliente. The first is located in the municipalities of Tehuacn, Ajalpan, Coxcatln, Vicente Guerrero, San Antonio Caada, Nicols Bravo and parts San Miguel Eloxochitln, Zoquitlan and Coyomeapan. The second is formed by Tlacotepec Diaz and parts of San Miguel Eloxochitln, Ajalpan, Zoquitlan and Coyomeapan. The mountain area is known for its timber resources that have been exploited mainly by the chiefs of the area of Nicholas Bravo, Vicente Guerrero and Ajalpan. Subsistence crops are produced and presented high rates of marginalization and extreme poverty. In these municipalities many people emigrate work temporarily in cutting cane harvest in Calipam and row Omealca mills, and Paso del Macho Motzorongo in Veracruz. there are also migrants in the United States. Others go to the city as builders in the industry construction and in the maquiladoras. In fact in this area of the Sierra Negra maquiladoras are operating three. A Santa Catarina Otzolotepec population belonging to Tehuacn - and two Vicente Guerrero, one of the Tarrant Apparel and other transnational who installed the Ministry of Finance state government as "social project".

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La Mixteca:
Tehuacn is somehow the beginning or end of the regions that comprise the Mixtec area that encompasses the states of Puebla, Oaxaca and Guerrero. Within theMixtec Tehuacanera are the municipalities of Tehuacn, Zapotitlan, Caltepec and Acatepec towards Coixtlahuaca and Huajuapan de Len, Oaxaca. The area is located in the area of the Biosphere Reserve Tehuacn Cuicatln, which consists of the valley and mountains Zapotitln and Knot glens Mixteco. This whole area is a forest of cacti desert endemic, many of them endangered. It is a semi-arid region, almost uninhabited and wild.Against this background of desert life, agriculture is almost nonexistent. People live artisanal production of palm hats and backpacks, and onyx handicrafts, but as these products are very poorly paid, the area has become a ejector region of migrants to the United States. It is estimated that in New York Mexican 800.000 inhabitants, of which 600.000 are poblano source and about 10,000 are in the region of these mysterious mountains of abundant cactus. 62 This has somewhat improved the economic situation of the region by sending the migrant remittances, but instead has imported diseases such as AIDS, and substance abuse among youth.

SAN JOS MIAHUATLN:

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY:
Agriculture
The municipality produces grains like corn and beans grown in forage alfalfa, vegetables have about: chile, garlic, tomatoes and tomato, fruit is the cane. animal husbandry

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In this activity, the municipality has only won backyard, among which are: cattle, pigs and horses mainly, plus others such as mules and donkeys. There are also several poultry rearing. industry This town has food manufacturing and blacksmiths and incipient development only. trade The main businesses are: grocery stores, fruit, vegetables, ice cream parlors, snack, miscellaneous and small shops. services It offers facilities like eateries and diners for food preparation, automotive repair shops, bicycles and appliances. Economic activities of the municipality The economically active population of the municipality represents 38.4% of the total. Of this 97.9% are employed and 2.1% unemployed. Besides the total economically active population is 59.6%.

costume

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Zapotitlan:
It is a place for a year feeding the goats that will be slaughtered for the traditional slaughter season, which starts in mid-October and ends in mid-November. Another feature of one of the populations of this region is San Juan Raya where thousands of years ago was an arm of the sea, and in it you can admire countless marine fossils. Crafts: In San Antonio Texcala (Population Zapotitlan), are made of different pieces of marble and onyx stones in most of the area. Zapotitlan is the name of the county seat of Zapotitlan, one of the 217 municipalities in the state of Puebla, Mexico. Zapotitlan is located at coordinates 97 28'28 "W - 18 19'55" N, southeast of the state of Puebla and has a population of 637 inhabitants 2000. Many of them are native speakers of Mixtec language.

climate
Zapotitln The Salinas Valley has a dry climate or arid, semi, with a pronounced rainy season in the summer. The dry climate of this region is mainly due to the flow of moisture-laden winds from the Gulf of Mexico crash into the mountains of the Sierra Madre Oriental, dropping all the rain in parts of the east side of the Sierra, and passing across as dry winds. Thus, only a fraction of this rain passes to the Valley of Zapotitlan, generating the semiarid climate that characterizes him. main Ecosystems Most of the territory of this municipality has a dry vegetation among which are: crasicaule scrub areas, areas of chaparral, desert scrub rosette (with hilly), southwest and oak forests in central areas mesquite.

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Flora and Fauna

The vegetation of this region has a great variety and among the main highlights: Agave karwinskii Zucc "Cachitn" Agave Kerchovei Lem "Ixtle" Yuca periculosa Baker "Izote" Brahea dulcis "Palma" Gymnoperma glutinosum "straw and grosgrain" Ceiba parvifolia Rose "Pochote" Bursera arid "Palo mulato" Cephalocereus "white Cardon" Escontria chiotilla "Quiotilla" Myrtillocactus geomentizans "Garambullo" Neobuxbaumia "Tetecho". Stenocereus pruinosus "Pitayo" Hylocereus "Pitahaya" Echinocactus "mother Seat" Ferocactus "Biznaga" Piita Biznaga

Fauna:
squirrels skunks eagles rabbits vultures bats Rattlesnakes iguanas deer

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SAN GABRIEL CHILAC:

It is a community located near the city of Tehuacn. This population was popoloca home and was later conquered by the Spanish. Its name means Place of chile. The Day of the Dead are armed colorful flower arrangements to decorate the candles that people put in the offering and on the grave of their dead. We found the tenates full of fruits, flowers, bread donkey and confetti adorning Chilac offerings

Regin del altiplano: Tepanco of Lopez

The name of this town has two possible translations. It can be derived from the word tepantli (or boundary wall) and-co (locative particle). In this case, as can be seen in the boundary. The other possibility is when derived from tepan (scree) andco, from which can be translated as In the scree. The Lopez family name was added in 1861, by decree of the State Congress of Puebla. Historic Landmark: eighteenth-century parish church dedicated to San Juan Bautista. Crafts: They are crafted, woven palm and reed.

Chapulco
Name consisting of the Mexica, "or chapulli chapollin" from which the aztequismo chapulin, lobster and "co" in, meaning "The Locusts or Grasshoppers". Architectural Historic Landmark: parish church in honor of St. Peter built in the XVI century, located in the county seat. Crafts: tilled timber and tissues are made of palm and reed. Nahuatl word derived from "miahuatl" ear of corn, "tlan" among or alongside and make meaning "between the ears of corn stalks."
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Architectural Historical Monument: The parish church built in the sixteenth century, dedicated to Lord James. Crafts: Worked palm and reed. Hand embroidered dresses.

ONIX

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USES
It is mainly used in jewelry and decorative items, such as cameos, due to its attractive green tones and the quality of its polish. [edit] Varieties There are four varieties of onyx: Green Onyx: translucent shades and hues of green, the darker the shade most precious. It usually brown veins. Often attracts small mammals that dead end resting on the mineral. Onyx San Martn: opaque, brown and reddish colors. Presents bands of different intensities, and its extreme hardness allows a perfect polish. Onixtin: onyx materials having both varieties. Aragonite: whitish or greyish, where the fibers are thicker than previous varieties. [edit] Formation and deposits It has a volcanic origin, caused by accumulation of volcanic gases. In Argentina, this stone is in the town of La Toma, San Luis province, and in its surroundings. It argues that quarries are the only ones on the planet, and they are, but only green onyx. The largest producer of Onyx is Pakistan. The America's largest reservoir is in the Laguna (state of Durango, Mexico).

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