Santiago Astata

Santiago Astata is a toun an municipality in Oaxaca in sooth-wastren Mexico. It is pairt o the Tehuantepec Destrict in the wast o the Istmo Region. The name "Astata" means "herle steid". The municipality kivers a aurie o 446.54 km² at a evelation o 30 metre abuin the sea level. The climate is gey warm. Flora includes deciduous treen an shrubs lik passion fruit, cachimbo an mesquite. Wild fauna consists o deer, cunyies, brock an willyart gaut. As o 2005, the municipality haed a tot populaution o 3,642 o wham 273 spake a hamelt leid. Economic activities includes agricultur (beans, corn, sesame, sorghum, watermelon, cantaloupe, tomatoes an peanuts), ainimal husbandry (nowt, gaits an grumpies), hairstin the ocean for fish an shellfish for the Salina Cruz mercat, limestane quarryin an loggin. References