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Isthmus of Tehuantepec

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Noun1.Isthmus of Tehuantepec - the narrowest part of southern Mexico is an isthmus between the Bay of Campeche on the north coast and the Gulf of Tehuantepec on the south coast


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Separating the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula lies east of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, a northwestern geographic partition separating Central America from the rest of North America.
In addition, the US rail line obtained a special right of way on the route crossing the Isthmus of Tehuantepec from the port of Coatzacoalcos in Veracruz state to Salina Cruz in Oaxaca state.
In 1940 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to write a book on the culture of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and in 1942, he and his wife, Rosa, returned to Mexico where he began teaching at the National School of Anthropology and History.
 
 
 
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