Asunción Tlacolulita

Asunción Tlacolulita is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. It is part of the Yautepec District in the east of the Sierra Sur Region. The municipality covers an area of 244.96 km² at a height of 450 meters above sea level in the Sierra Madre del Sur. The climate is tropical with little rain in the summer. Tree include mahogany, cedar, oak, breadsticks, gunacaxtle, Guayacan and pine. Mango, tamarind, plum, sapodilla, lemon, avocado and papaya fruits are grown. Wild fauna include wild boar, ocelots, snakes, lion, coyotes and foxes. As of 2005, the municipality had 186 households with a total population of 699 of whom 54 spoke an indigenous language. Some speak the highland version of Oaxacan Chontal. Economic...