Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, Mexico
Santo Domingo Tehuantepec is a town of 67,739 people in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Why visit Santo Domingo Tehuantepec
Townapedia lists 2 museums and landmarks, 8 parks and trails, 5 places to eat, 14 places to stay and 1 attraction in and around town.
Highlights include Guiengola.
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About Santo Domingo Tehuantepec
Tehuantepec (Spanish pronunciation: [tewanteˈpek], in full, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec) is a city and municipality in the southeast of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is part of the Tehuantepec District in the west of the Istmo Region. The area was important in pre-Hispanic period as part of a trade route that connected Central America with what is now the center of Mexico. Later it became a secondary capital of the Zapotec dominion, before it was conquered by the Spanish in the early 16th century.
From the Wikipedia article Tehuantepec (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do1
Museums and landmarks2
Guiengola
Monument and historic site · 11.1 km
Archaeological site in Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, Mexico
Parks, trails and playgrounds8
Restaurants and cafes5
History
The full name of the city and municipality is Santo Domingo Tehuantepec. "Tehuantepec" comes from Nahuatl and has been generally regarded to mean "wild animal (tecuani) hill (tepec)". The name was given to the area by the Aztecs, purportedly because of the ferocity of the native Zapotec warriors they encountered there. The Zapotec name for the area is Guie-Ngola, or Large Hill/Rock, with the city name being Guisi’si Gui. Santo Domingo was added by Bartolomé de las Casas as he passed by in honor of the Dominican church which had already been established here. From pre-Hispanic times, the settlement has been represented by an Aztec glyph, the earliest example of which comes from the Guevea Codex, also known as the Zapotec Codex. This glyph represents a hill with a jaguar, an ancient totem animal throughout Mesoamerica. Thus, the "wild animal" component of the hill's name may actually be related to a recognition of an ancient religious meeting site associated with the symbol of the jaguar. The Nahuatl word "tehuan" actually means "among the people" or "a gathering", i.e. a meeting place.
The hill is divided into sixty-six parts and each part has a circle.
From the History section of Tehuantepec on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to stay14
Churches and places of worship6
Shopping14
FerreAcero López Lena S.A. de C.V.
Hardware store · 0.7 km
190 CARRETERA TRASISTMICA 190, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec
FerreAcero López Lena S.A. de C.V.
Hardware store · 1.6 km
17 Calle Guerrero, Sto. Domingo Tehuantepec
FerreAcero López Lena S.A. de C.V.
Hardware store · 13.8 km
KM 2 Carretera Transismica KM 2, Salina Cruz
Motosierras y Lubricantes Ojeda
Hardware store · 14.7 km
Carretera Super Transístmica, Salina Cruz
Motosierras Zabig
Hardware store · 14.8 km
Carretera Super Transístmica, Salina Cruz
Gas and EV charging2
Schools, colleges and libraries49
Centro Educativo Bilingue Juan Jacobo Rousseau
School · 14.5 km
Avenida Ignacio Zaragoza
Centro De Bachillerato Tecnologico Industrial y De Servicios Numero 25
School · 13.7 km
Avenida Oleoducto
Healthcare26
Consultorio Médico Doctora Campos
Clinic and pharmacy · 14.1 km
Avenida Oleoducto
Consultorio y Urgencias Medicas
Clinic and pharmacy · 14.6 km
Pensador Mexicano, Salina Cruz
Ginecologia y Obstetricia Istmo
Clinic and pharmacy · 14.3 km
Calle Nicolás Bravo
Medicina Fisica y Rehabilitacion
Clinic and pharmacy · 14.2 km
Venustiano Carranza, Salina Cruz
Map of Santo Domingo Tehuantepec
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Getting there and nearby towns
Salina Cruz Airport (SCX) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 13 km away.
- Heroica Villa de San Blas Atempa 1 km east, about 1 min by car
- Santa María Mixtequilla 6 km north, about 6 min by car
- Colonia San Luis 6 km north, about 6 min by car
- La Noria 8 km south, about 8 min by car
- Colonia Jordán 8 km northeast, about 8 min by car
- Puente Madera 8 km northeast, about 8 min by car
- Fraccionamiento 25 de Enero 10 km southeast, about 10 min by car
- San Pedro Huilotepec 13 km southeast, about 13 min by car
- Rincón Moreno 13 km southwest, about 13 min by car
- Salina Cruz 17 km south, about 17 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- MainSquareTehuantepec, AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Guiengola3, HJPD, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Melanerpes chrysogenys 459757324, Dan Vickers, CC BY 4.0
- Passerina leclancherii 459757473, Dan Vickers, CC BY 4.0
- Tehuantepec, Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0
- CristobalSalinaStTehuantepc, AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- MainPlazaTehuantepec, AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- PalacioMunicipalTehuantepec, AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- PalacioMunicipalTehuantepec2, AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- StreetMarketTehuantepec, AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- StreetTaxiTehuantepec, AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- HousesSquareTehuantepec, AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- StreetGateTehuanCathedral, AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- AtriumGateTehuantepec, AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- ToledoMoralesStTehuantepec, AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- AtriumCathedarlTehuantepec, AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- AtriumChurchesTehuantepec, AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- FacadesChurchesTehuantepec, AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- OlderchurchTehuantepec, AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- OriginalChurchTehuantepec, AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- FacadeOlderChurchTehuantepec, AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- ISS055-E-44220 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS055-E-44219 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- Mammillaria albilanata oaxacana native habitat, Jorge Armín Escalante-Pasos, CC BY 4.0
- Acanthocereus oaxacensis 8, P Gonzalez Zamora, CC BY 4.0
- ISS023-E-35745 - View of Mexico, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS021-E-10484 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
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