Chahuites

Chahuites is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 160.75 km². It is part of the Juchitán District in the west of the Istmo de Tehuantepec region As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 9,929. The history of Chauites goes back to the last decade of the eighteen century. In the year of 1895 the families Román Ramírez and Gamboa choose this region to establish. They built their homes with palm and wood on a high part of land surrounded by vegetation. While living on this region the first settlers were surprised by the discovery of multiple dens of mouse like animals known by the name of TUZA (rodent mammal) because of this discovery the settlers decided to name the...