The Isthmus de Tehuantepec Ecoregion
The Isthmus of Tehuantepec (Spanish pronunciation: [te·wan·te'pek]) is an
isthmus in Mexico, representing the shortest distance between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean. Before the opening of the Panama Canal, it was a major overland transport route known simply as the Tehuantepec Route. The name is taken from the town of Santo Domingo Tehuantepec in the state of Oaxaca; which town name was derived from the Nahuatl word Tecuantepec meaning Jaguar Mountain.
(m2cont-nam-15-mex-15i-image) The Isthmus de Tehuantepec Ecoregion
Isthmus de Tehuantepec Information:
Geography
The isthmus includes the part of Mexico lying between the 94th and 95th meridians west longitude, or the southeastern parts of Veracruz and Oaxaca, including small areas of Chiapas and Tabasco. The states of Tabasco and Chiapas are east of the isthmus, with Veracruz and Oaxaca on the west.
At the narrowest span, the isthmus is about one hundred and twenty miles across, crossing at a location where the Sierra Madre del Sur mountain range breaks down to a broad, plateau like ridge, at which highest point has been crossed by the Ferrocarril Transistmico railway over Chivel Pass at elevation 735 feet.
Description:
Location:
Pacific Coordinates:
16.2132577, -94.7647796
Gulf of Mexico Coordinates:
18.1573972, -94.4163306
Elevation, Chivela Pass:
735 feet
(16.7239029, -94.9967562)
The Ancients
The Isthmus of Tehuantepec, primarily in Oaxaca, is home to several indigenous groups, with the Zapotec being the most prominent. Other significant groups include the Mixe, Zoques, Huaves, Mixtecs, Chinantec, Chontal, Mazateco, Popoluca, and Nahua.
Native Name:
Jaguar Mountain (Nahuatl)
Second Migration
(The Uto-Aztecan Cultures)
Zapotec was a descendant of Sheba, who was the son of
Jokshan, born of Keturah, the concubine Keturah. Sheba had ten son, and his youngest son Nahuah, also had sons, one of which was the ancestor of Zapotec, who bacame the father of those of the Zapotecano speaking people.
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