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Salina Cruz is a major
seaport on the
Pacific coast of the
Mexican state of
Oaxaca. It is the state's third-largest city and is municipal seat of the
municipality of the same name. The city had a 2005 census population of 71,314 persons, while its municipality, with an area of 113.55 km² (43.84 sq mi) had a population of 76,219, the state's fourth-largest municipality in population.
The port expanded in the late 19th century due to its location at the southern terminus of the Tehuantepec National Railway. It is situated near the mouth of the
Río Tehuantepec, on the open coast of the
Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and has no natural harbour. There was only a small
Native American village before Salina Cruz was chosen as the Pacific terminus of the railway, whereupon a modern town was laid out and built on adjacent higher ground. The new port was opened to traffic in 1907 and in 1909 its population was largely composed of labourers. A costly artificial harbour was built by the Mexican government to accommodate the traffic of the Tehuantepec railway. It is formed by the construction of two breakwaters, the western 3260 ft. and the eastern 1900 ft. long, which curve toward each other at their outer extremities and leave an entrance 635 ft. wide. The enclosed space is divided into an outer and inner harbour by a double line of quays wide enough to carry six great warehouses with electric cranes on both sides and a number of railway tracks. Connected with the new port works is one of the largest dry docks in the world6io ft. long and 89 ft. wide, with a depth of 28 ft. on its sill at low water. The works were planned to handle an immense volume of transcontinental freight, and before they were finished four steamship lines had arranged regular calls at Salina Cruz; this number has since been largely increased.
The municipality
As municipal seat, Salina Cruz has governing jurisdiction over the following communities:
Agua Blanca, Boca del Río, Colonia el Bosque, Colonia el Mirador, Colonia Estibadores, Colonia Granadillo, Colonia la Brecha, Colonia Miramar, Colonia Santita, Colonia Vista Hermosa, El Ciruelo, El Puentecito, Ensenada de la Ventosa, La Brecha (Rancho Moisés Aquino), La Hacienda (Palo Grande), Las Escolleras, Palo Grande, Playa Azul, Playa Brasil (Brasilito), Salinas del Marqués, San Antonio Monterrey, and San José del Palmar
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