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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: TAV-THE |
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TEHUANTEPEC (from tecuani-tepec" jaguar-hill ") , the town which gives its name to the isthmus
Tehuantepec river about 15 M. from its mouth and 13 M. by rail from Salina Cruz. Pop. (1904, estimated) fo,000. It is a typical, straggling Indian town, occupying the slope of a hill on the Pacific side of the divide, with a beautiful view of the river valley and the distant sierras to the N. The streets are little more than crooked paths up the hillside, and the habitations are for the most part thatched, mud-walled huts. The population of the town and of the surrounding district
great
Tehuantepec are noted for the beauty and graceful carriage of their women, who are reputed to be the finest-looking among the native races of Mexico
industries
cotton
coast
industries
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