Zapotitlan

Located in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán biosphere reserve, Puebla, Zapotitlán Salinas unveiled the ancient wisdom that your community takes advantage of the natural resources of the place. Know it! In this desert territory, of singular beauty, dominated by cacti, are some of the salt mines that already the ancient settlers exploited.

HISTORY

The population was founded by indigenous Mixtec and popolocas in pre-Hispanic times, during the years 1550-1560. For much of its history, the town was dedicated to the exploitation of the natural salt in the Valley of Zapotitlán, originated due to the salinity of the bed of the Zapotitlán River or Salado. In the vicinity of this village are located these salinas and the vestiges of the city of Cutha, one of the major urban centres of the lower Mixteca poblana during the formative Mesoamerican superior.Clima

Weather

The Valley of Zapotitlán Salinas has a climate that is dry or arid, warm, with a marked period of rains in the summer. The dry climate of this region is due mainly to the moisture-laden wind currents that come from the Gulf of Mexico hit the mountains of the Sierra Madre Oriental, dropping all the rain in areas of the East of the mountain side, and passing to the other side in the form of dry winds. Thus, only a fraction of this rain passes into the Valley of Zapotitlán, generating the semi-arid climate that characterizes it.

Main ecosystems

The greater part of the territory of this municipality boasts a dry vegetation among which are: areas of scrubland crasicaule, areas of Chaparral, desert scrub rosetofilo (in hilly areas), South - Western forests of oak and in the Center areas of mezquitales.

Wildlife

The characteristic vegetation of this region has a wide variety and the main ones include: “Cachitún” ,“Ixtle”, “Izote”,“Palma”, “Popote y popotillo” etc

animals

• Ardillas
• Zorrillos
• Águilas
• Conejos
• Zopilotes
• Murciélagos
• Víboras de cascabel
• Iguanas
• Venados

Tourist places

• Parroquia Morelos
• Santuario del Calvario
• Palacio Municipal
• Jardín Botánico Helia Bravo Hollis
• San Juan Raya

Importance

Zapotitlán Salinas is a magical and wonderful town that honors its name since the salt-producing activity continued in the colony, cotton production and exchange of textiles by cocoa, as well as the exploitation of salt, today salt continues as in the pre-Hispanic Mexico proof of that is this well that locals saydates from that time. it becomes an area of importance for its high biodiversity. 2,703 species distributed in 922 genera and 189 families throughout the region, still represented in the 1,400 Botanical Garden, of these 30% are endemic.

...