The Five Regions

TEHUACÁN AND ITS FIVE REGIONS

THE MIXTECA

Municipalities of the region:

• Zapotitlán
• San Gabriel Chilac
• San José Miahuatlan
• Caltepec

Typical garment:

• The women of this region use a long skirt that goes from the waist up to the half of the calf. The blouse is embroidered and the hair is covered with a rebozo.

Flora:

• Cactus
• Nopal 
• Tunas   
• Paperillo 
• Mosmot
• Yellow pochote
• Yaxche 
• Cascalota

Fauna:

• Goat
•  Opossums
• Coyote
• Badger
• Rabbit of field
• Montés cat                                                                  

Products:

  

• Donkey bread
• Maize
• Garlic
• Tomato
• Bean

Crafts:

• Baskets of reed-grass
• Pieces of marble and onyx
• Handcrafted fabrics with palm

THE ALTIPLANO 

Municipalities of the region:

• Tepanco de López
• Santiago Miahuatlán
• Chapulco

Typical garment:

• The women use a long skirt up to the ankles, use sandals, the blouse is embroidered to hand in the part of the neck and the sleeves.

Flora:

• Nopal 
• Maguey

Fauna:

• Hare
• Fox
• Coyote
• Sparrow
• Armadillo
• Opossum
• Wild bird
• Parakeet

Products:

• Maize
• Wheat
• Chile Miahuateco
• Pulque

Crafts:

• Fabrics of palm and reed-grass
• Embroidery of dresses to hand
• Crafts of mud

THE SIERRA

Municipalities of the region

• Zoquitlan
• Eloxochitlan
• Coyomeapan
• Tlacotepec de Diaz

Typical garment

• Long and smooth skirt that comes to the ankles, embroidered blouse only of the neck and uses a rebozo big and long that it covers from the head up to the hip.

Fauna

• Eagle
• Squirrels
• Opossum
• Deer
• Skunks
• Fox
• Rabbit
• Armadillo
• Coyote
• Hare
• Raccoon

Flora

• Milpas of maize
• Gardenia

Products

• Vanilla
• Aguardiente

Crafts

• Fabrics of palm
• Baskets of reed-grass
• Pieces of mud

THE MONTAÑA

Municipalities of the región

• San Antonio Cañada
• Vicente guerrero 
• Nicolas Bravo

Typical garment

• A long skirt is used under the knees, the blouse is embroidered to hand, strips are placed in the hair and a is in use rebozo tied in the waist.

Fauna

• Deer
• Coyote
• Squirrel
• Rabbit
• Fox
• Squirrels

Flora

• Pine
• Cedar
• Mahogany
• Cactus
• Maguey

Products

• Pulque
• Mezcal
• Aguardiente

Crafts

• Crafts of mud
• Fabric in handcrafted loom

THE VALLE

Municipalities of the region

• Tehuacan
• Ajalpan
• Coxcatla
• Zinacatepec
• Altepexi

Typical garment

• Skirt that comes under the knee, blouse with the embroidered neck, rebozo that it covers the back and braids with strip of color.

Flora

• Reed-grass
• Laurel
• Jacaranda
• Ahuehuete

Fauna

• Magpie
• Coyote
• Perptiles
• Montés cat
• Wild rebbit
• Opossums

Products

• Wheat
•  Apple
• Nanche
• Maize
• Anise
• Chokecherry
• Tejocote
• Mango

Crafts

• Carved of onyx
• Fabrics of palm
• Baskets of reed-grass