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The Isthmus of Tehuantepec (Spanish pronunciation: [tewanteˈpek]) is an isthmus in Mexico. It represents the shortest distance between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean . Before the opening of the Panama Canal , it was a major overland transport route known simply as the Tehuantepec Route .
Salina Cruz, the largest city in Istmo de Tehuantepec. It covers the southern part of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the shortest route between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean before the Panama Canal was opened. The Istmo region has two districts, Juchitán District and Tehuantepec District, and 41 municipalities. [1]
The Interoceanic Train of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (Spanish: Tren Interoceánico del Istmo de Tehuantepec) is a government-owned railway system in Mexico that has 3 lines. It seeks to become a global logistics network focused on the manufacture and movement of goods between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean through the Isthmus of ...
The Ferrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec (Ferrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec, S.A. de C.V.; English: Railway of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec), also known as Tren Interoceánico (English: Interoceanic Train), Line Z (Spanish: Línea Z), Ferrocarril Transístmico (English: Trans-Isthmic Railroad) or simply Ferroistmo (English: Rail Isthmus), [1] is part of the Interoceanic Corridor of the ...
This Casa de Cultura houses the Museo de Antropología e Historia Zapoteca del Istmo, which contains archeological and artistic artifacts from the region. The museum has halls dedicated to archeology, ethnographic studies, the history of the Mexican Revolution and the Reform War , as well as items related to religion, regional dress, housing ...
The Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (Spanish: Corredor Interoceánico del Istmo de Tehuantepec), abbreviated as CIIT, is a trade and transit route in Southern Mexico, under the control of the Mexican Secretariat of the Navy, which connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans through a railway system, the Railway of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (Ferrocarril del Istmo de ...
1990c "Arqueología y época prehispanica en el sur del istmo de Tehuantepec (with J.F. Zeitlin). Lecturas históricas del estado de Oaxaca. Vol. 1, Epoca prehispánica, edited by M.C. Winter, pp. 393-454. Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico. 1989 Review of "Preclassic Maya Pottery at Cuello, Belize," by Laura J. Kosakowsky.
The name comes from the Zapotec language words meaning "four winds". The town was given this name in 1525. [1]After Espiritu Santu (now Coatzacoalcos) it is the oldest Spanish town in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. [2]