| Oaxaca's Sierra
Juárez boasts a wealth of natural and cultural diversity.
Locals call this mountainous region by its proper name, named after
Mexico's illustrious President Benito
Juárez.
In the past few years the communities have developed
hiking trails, cabins and camping sites. As of 2007, there were
more than one hundred beds available in cabins and family posadas
in the region.
NATURE AND CULTURE
From the tropical deciduous forests to arid ecosystems, the Sierra
Juárez region has what biologists call high endemism. Visitors
can trek through diverse pine and oak forests.
Hiking to summits of these mountains, you will find sub alpine
prairies. At 3,400 meters (11,150 feet) Zempoaltépetl is
the sacred mountain of the Ayuuk (Mixe).
FOOD
Atole colorado is a specialty warm beverage, flavored with chocolate,
corn and achiote.
PUEBLOS MANCOMUNADOS
Nearly a dozen communities form the Pueblos Mancomunados including
Benito
Juárez, San
Antonio Cuajimoloyas, Llano Grande, Latuví, Amatlán,
Santa
Catarina Lachatao and Yavesia.
OTHER VILLAGES
Other villages include Ixtlán
de Juárez, Santa
Catarina Ixtepeji and Guelatao.
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