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TEHUANTEPEC (from tecuani-tepec—" See also: town which gives its name to the See also: isthmus, gulf and railway, stands on the Tehuantepec See also: river about 15 M. from its mouth and 13 M. by See also: rail from See also: Salina Cruz
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Pop
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(1904, estimated) fo,000
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It is a typical, straggling See also: Indian town, occupying the slope of a See also: hill on the Pacific
See also: side of the See also: divide, with a beautiful view of the river valley and the distant sierras to the N
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The streets are little more than crooked paths up the hillside, and the habitations are for the most See also: part thatched, mud-walled huts
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The population of the town and of the surrounding See also: district is composed almost wholly of See also: Indians of the See also: great Zapoteca See also: family
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The Tehuanas of Tehuantepec are noted for the beauty and graceful See also: carriage of their See also: women, who are reputed to be the finest-looking among the native races of Mexico
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The women are the traders in Tehuantepec and do little See also: menial work—a result, apparently, of the influence of beauty
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The See also: local See also: industries include the making of " See also: cana," acane spirit, and the See also: weaving of See also: cotton fabrics,- dyed with the juice of a marine See also: shell-See also: fish (See also: Purpura patula) found on the neighbouring See also: coast
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Indigo was formerly grown in. the vicinity and See also: cochineal gathered for export, but both of these industries have declined
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