Tehuantepec (in full, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec) is a town and municipality in the southeast of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The 2005 census reported a population of 39,529 in the town and 57,163 in the entire municipality, which has an areal extent of 965.8 km² (372.9 sq mi). The town was the eighth-largest community in the state at the 2005 census. The name comes from the Nahuatl Tecuantepec, meaning "maneater hill". The town It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tehuantepec. T… (More on Tehuantepec)