Manialtepec

Manialtepec lies beside a coastal lagoon on the Pacific shore of Oaxaca, where rivers from the southern mountains reach a low landscape of wetlands. The lagoon holds a place in Chatino tradition: elders of Cuixtla recount the origin of their people in its waters. Mangroves and channels connect the lagoon with the sea, while the river basin stretches inland towards the communities of the Sierra Sur.