Sierra Mixteca
The Sierra Mixteca is a mountainous region located between the
.It is also known as the Nudo Mixteco or Escudo Mixteco (
Mixtec language
it is called Ñuñume, the land of clouds.
The Sierra Mixteca is one of the oldest geological regions in the territory of Mexico. It stands at the convergence of the
Papaloapan
.
During that geological process, which also involved high levels of Tehuacán
Valley, located in south-east Puebla, an area of mineral springs.
The Sierra Mixteca is one of the country's poorest regions in natural resources. Its inhabitants, who number some 200,000 [1] are predominantly
Mixtec people, who engage in subsistence agriculture
. The region lacks any major population centres and communications with the rest of the country are deficient.
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