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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...
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    The Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (Spanish: Corredor Interoceánico del Istmo de Tehuantepec), abbreviated as CIIT, is a trade and...
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    is part of the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, owned by the Mexican government, that crosses the Isthmus of Tehuantepec between Puerto...
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    the early 16th century. The city is still the center of Zapotec culture in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and is the second largest in the region. The city is...
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    The world's major isthmuses include: Isthmus of Panama in the Middle America Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the Middle America Kra Isthmus on Mainland Southeast...
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    Panama Canal (category Lists of coordinates)
    floated, including a canal (and/or a railroad) across Mexico's Isthmus of Tehuantepec. That did not develop, either. In 1846, the Mallarino–Bidlack Treaty...
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    Indian raids, and the right of transit in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. The treaty provided for a joint commission, made up of a surveyor and commissioner...
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    Tehuantepec is the largest region of the state of Oaxaca, located in southwestern Mexico. It covers the southern part of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec,...
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  • the nearby Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Before 2017, the oil was a component of the OPEC Reference Basket (despite Mexico's not being a part of OPEC). It has...
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    Oaxaca (redirect from State of Oaxaca)
    the threat of Aztec expansion. While the Zapotec remained dominant in many parts of the Central Valleys and into the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the Mixtec...
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    El Niño–Southern Oscillation (category Natural history of the Americas)
    accelerate through the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Tehuantepecers primarily occur during the cold season months for the region in the wake of cold fronts, between...
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    and Cocos Plates. Some geographers include the portion east of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec including the Yucatán Peninsula within North America. This portion...
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    travels through the Chivela Pass in southern Mexico, across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. It is most common between October and February, with a summer minimum...
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    railway along the Tehuantepec Route was opened in 1907 by Porfirio Díaz the port saw an increase of shipping via the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, particularly...
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    Central Valley areas of California. There are four basic groups of Zapotec: the istmeños, who live in the southern Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the serranos, who...
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    The Gulf of Tehuantepec (Spanish: Golfo de Tehuantepec) is a large body of water on the Pacific coast of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, southeastern Mexico...
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    side of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. It is surrounded on three sides by the Mexican states of Campeche, Tabasco and Veracruz. The area of the bay is 6...
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    Maya Region (category Geography of Mesoamerica)
    the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, while the southeastern one roughly corresponds to a line running northwards from the mouth of the Lempa River to that of the...
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    Sierra Madre del Sur (category Mountain ranges of Mexico)
    the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in eastern Oaxaca. The Sierra Madre del Sur joins with the Eje Volcánico Transversal (Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt) of central...
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    the North-Western Territory, and Greenland in North America, the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the Yucatán Peninsula, and the Darién Gap in Central America, and...
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  • Nicaragua Isthmus of Brunswick Peninsula Isthmus of Muñoz Gamero Peninsula Ofqui Isthmus, Aisén Region Isthmus of La Dune Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico...
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    relief and is almost entirely composed of porous limestone. The peninsula lies east of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the narrowest point in Mexico separating...
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  • Mountain jet (category Geography of Central America)
    wind blows from the Gulf of Mexico through Chivela Pass in Mexico's Isthmus of Tehuantepec and out over the Gulf of Tehuantepec on the Pacific coast. Chivela...
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    east of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (around 12% of the total) within Central America. Geopolitically, however, Mexico is entirely considered part of North...
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    The Tehuantepec Territory (Spanish: Territorio de Tehuantepec) was a federal territory of Mexico in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. It existed between 1853...
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    Coatzacoalcos River (category Drainage basins of the Gulf of Mexico)
    part of the state of Veracruz; it originates in the Sierra de Niltepec and crosses the state of Oaxaca in the region of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, flowing...
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    Warbling vireo (category Birds of North America)
    most of the United States and parts of southern Canada, outside the range of the previous group. It winters south of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec from south-central...
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    Zoque people (category Pre-Columbian cultures of Mexico)
    lived throughout Chiapas, and Isthmus of Tehuantepec and parts of the state of Tabasco. They may have been descendants of the Olmec. They had a good social...
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    Mexican whip-poor-will (category Birds of North America)
    the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in northwestern Chiapas. A. a. oaxacae, resident in southwestern Mexico from Michoacán to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. A. a...
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    best known as originating from Zapotec peoples of the isthmus of Tehuantepec region of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. There, the Zapotec women bake totopos...
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