MIXTECA

This region is distinguished as semi-desert, is located south-west of the town of Tehuacan and where populations are:

o   Zapotitlan

 

o   Caltepec

 

o   San Gabriel Chilac

 

o   San José Miahuatlan

Climate

Semiwarm climate with summer rains and low throughout the year, percent of winter precipitation over the year is less than 5, cool winter, average annual temperature between 18 and 22 degrees Celsius and the coldest month is below 18 º C. It covers a large area to the east.

Semidry temperate climate with summer rains and low throughout the year, percent of winter precipitation over the year is less than 5, hot summer, annual average temperature between 12 and 18 º C, the coldest month between minus 3 and 18 º C and the warmest month above 18 ° C, the climate is most prevalent, occurs south.

 

Flora

There are areas of secondary vegetation associated chaparral shrub, scattered throughout the municipality.

Rosetophilous desert scrub areas, which cover large areas, especially in areas that are not too rough. We present sometimes associated suviner thicket.

 

Fauna
Squirrels, skunks, eagles, rabbits, buzzards, bats, rattlesnakes, iguanas, deer

 

MONTAÑA

This region is in the highest place and cold in the municipality and is patron of the region "Our Lady of the Snows" and extensive vegetation dominated and most of the people who live there are engaged in the lumber yard, which most of this wood is pine and fir as well as its other activity is the embroidery and textiles.
This region is located north of the town of Tehuacan and where populations are:

*San Antonio Cañada

*Vicente Guerrero

*Nicolas Bravo

 Climate

Temperate sub humid with summer rains: The predominant climate of the municipality occupies Zongolica highland.

Humid temperate climate with abundant rainfall in summer: We present the Far East where proper begins the decline of Sierra Zongolica.

 

Flora

Are forests of pine and oak-pine, which have a deforestation process to open new lands for cultivation.

 

Fauna

In the area of animal life is made up of: rabbit, squirrel, skunk, hare, weasel ounce or, gophers, scorpion, pigeon, magpie, vulture, hawk, owl, bats, opossums, heron, mallard, coot, viper rattlesnake, coral snake, zencoata, chirrionera and a variety of wild birds.

VALLE

It is located at the ends of the north and southeast of the city of Tehuacán, which include the following towns:

o   Tehucan

o   Ajalpan

o   Coxcatlan

o   Zinacatepec

o   Altepexi

Climate

Semidry temperate climate with summer rains and low throughout the year, is the weather that occurs between the eastern part of the Tehuacan Valley and the foothills of the Sierra de Zongolica.

Fauna

There are different kinds of reptiles from snake as the hutch to lizard, frogs and mammals, from the largest and smallest coyotes to the field as rabbits, bats, and different types of birds such as sparrows, pigeons Tehuacanera, pigeons , owls, owls, hawks, vultures and even woodpeckers.

Flora

The flora is made up of cacti or cactuses characteristic of the region as well as the "elephant foot" nopales, reeds, mesquite, pitaya, different types of scrub and grassland.

 

 

SIERRA

In this particular region are virgin forests of the area and where vanilla is grown in a place called River Tezinzintepetl Tonto is as specified production that occurs in that area the rum, like the liquor "Lapo".
This region is located east of the town of Tehuacan and where populations are:

 

o   ZOQUITLAN

 

o   COYOMEAPAN

 

o   TLACOTEPEC DE DIAZ

 

o   ELOXOCHITLAN

Climate

 

 

Weather semiwarm humid with rain throughout the year: the weather is presented to the southwest and northwest

 

Flora

Most of its territory covered by forests of pine, montane pine-oak and oak-pine, these areas correspond to the higher parts of the Sierra de Zongolica. Clearly, however, the process of deforestation that is taking place to incorporate the land under cultivation can observe large areas of rainfed agriculture where once there were forests dedicated to planting corn, beans, peas and beans.

Fauna

 

There are deer, rabbits, hares, squirrels, armadillos, raccoons, opossums fox, and coyote, water snakes, rattlesnakes, coral snake, and mazacuata lever. Besides different kinds of birds like hawks, Tehuacanera dove, sparrow, swallow, Garza and owl.

ANTIPLANO

 

In the altiplano region highlights the Cerro Colorado

It is located northeast of the city of Tehuacán and where populations are:

 

o   Tepanco

 

o   Santiago Miahuatlan

 

o   Chapulco

 

 

Climate

semi-warm climate with summer rains and low throughout the year.

semi-warm dry climate with summer rains and low throughout the year. We present the first foothills of the Sierra de Zapotitlán west.

 

Flora

Presented in corresponding to the western foothills of the Sierra de Zongolica chaparral vegetation associated with secondary, desert scrub trees and associated rosetófilos thornless bush, south and east.

The rest of the municipality, in the higher areas of the Sierra de Zongolica, must have been covered with pine and oak forests, forest associations they have begun to be destroyed to open new farmland.

Fauna

 

There are deer, rabbits, hares, squirrels, armadillos, raccoons, opossums fox, and coyote, water snakes, rattlesnakes, coral snake, and mazacuata lever. Besides different kinds of birds like hawks, Tehuacanera dove, sparrow, swallow, Garza and owl.