Isthmus of Tehuantepec

The Isthmus of Tehuantepec is an isthmus in . It represents the shortest distance between the and the Pacific Ocean. Before the opening of the , it was a major overland transport route known simply as the Tehuantepec Route.
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  • Type: Isthmus
  • Description: shortest distance between the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific Ocean
  • Also known as: Istmo de Tehuantepec”, “Tehuantepec”, and “Tehuantepec Route

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Estación Sarabia.

Village
Estacion Sarabia is a town in , , located between Palomares and in the municipality of . It has 1,021 inhabitants, 492 men and 529 women, and 42.41% of the local population speaks an indigenous language. is situated 8 km north of Isthmus of Tehuantepec.

Isthmus of Tehuantepec

Latitude
17° north
Longitude
-95° or 95° west
Elevation
90 metres (295 feet)
Open location code
76972222+22
Geo­Names ID
3516105
Wiki­data ID
Q392250
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Isthmus of Tehuantepec” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Isthmus e Tehuantepec
  • Albanian: Istmi i Tehuantepekut
  • Arabic: برزخ تيهوانتيبيك
  • Azerbaijani: Teuantepek bərzəği
  • Azerbaijani: Teuantepek
  • Basque: Tehuantepec istmoa
  • Basque: Tehuantepec
  • Basque: Tehuantepeceko istmoa
  • Breton: Strizh-douar Tehuantepec
  • Bulgarian: Теуантепек
  • Catalan: istme de Tehuantepec
  • Catalan: Istme de Tehuantepec
  • Cebuano: Istmo de Tehuantepec
  • Chinese: 特万特佩克地峡
  • Chinese: 特萬特佩克地峽
  • Croatian: Tehuantepec
  • Czech: Tehuantepecká šíje
  • Dutch: Isthmus van Tehuantepec
  • Dutch: Istmo de Tehuantepec
  • Dutch: Istmus van Tehuantepec
  • Dutch: Landengte van Tehuantepec
  • Esperanto: istmo de Tehuantepeko
  • Esperanto: Istmo de Tehuantepeko
  • Esperanto: Tehuantepa istmo
  • Esperanto: terkolo de Tehuantepeko
  • Estonian: Tehuantepeci maakitsus
  • Finnish: Tehuantepecinkannas
  • French: Isthme de Tehuantepec
  • Galician: Istmo de Tehuantepec
  • Georgian: ტეუანტეპეკის ყელი
  • German: Isthmus von Tehuantepec
  • Hebrew: מצר טהואנטפק
  • Hebrew: מצר טוואנטפק
  • Hungarian: Tehuantepeci-földszoros
  • Indonesian: Tanah genting Tehuantepec
  • Indonesian: Tanah Genting Tehuantepec
  • Italian: Istmo di Tehuantepec
  • Japanese: テワンテペク地峡
  • Japanese: テワンテペック地峡
  • Korean: 테우안테펙 지협
  • Latvian: Tevantepekas zemesšaurums
  • Lithuanian: Tehuantepeko sąsmauka
  • Macedonian: Тевантепек
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Istmo de Tehuantepec
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Tehuantepec-eidet
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Tehuantepeceidet
  • Norwegian: Tehuantepeceidet
  • Occitan (post 1500): Istme de Tehuantepec
  • Polish: Przesmyk Tehuantepec
  • Polish: Tehuantepec
  • Portuguese: Istmo de Tehuantepec
  • Romanian: Isthmus von Tehuantepec
  • Romanian: Istmul de la Tehuantepec
  • Russian: Тегуантепек, перешеек
  • Russian: Теуантепек (перешеек)
  • Russian: Теуантепек
  • Russian: Теуантепекский перешеек
  • Serbian: Tevantepek
  • Serbian: Превлака Тевантепек
  • Serbian: Тевантепек
  • Slovak: Tehuantepecká šija
  • Slovenian: Prevlaka Tehuantepec
  • Slovenian: Tehuantepeška ožina
  • Slovenian: Tehuantepeška zemeljska ožina
  • Slovenian: Tehuantepeško medmorje
  • Spanish: Ciudades mas grandes del Istmo de Tehuantepec
  • Spanish: Ciudades más grandes del Istmo de Tehuantepec
  • Spanish: Istmo de Tehuantepec
  • Spanish: Itsmo de Tehuantepec
  • Swedish: Istmo de Tehuantepec
  • Swedish: Tehuantepecnäset
  • Ukrainian: Перешийок Теуантепек
  • Ukrainian: Теуантепек
  • Ukrainian: Теуантепецький перешийок

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