Salina Cruz

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Salina Cruz
Coordinates: 16 ° 10 ′  N , 95 ° 12 ′  W
Map: Oaxaca
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Salina Cruz
Salina Cruz on the map of Oaxaca
Basic data
Country Mexico
State México
Municipio Salina Cruz
City foundation 1522
Residents 76,596  (2010)
City insignia
EscudoSalinaCruz.jpg
Detailed data
height 22  m
Post Code 70610-70703
prefix 971
City Presidency Rosa Nidia Villalobos González
Website municipiosalinacruz.gob.mx/es/
Salina Cruz train station
Salina Cruz train station
Coast at Salina Cruz
Coast at Salina Cruz

Salina Cruz is the industrial center and the most important port city on the Pacific side of the isthmus of Tehuantepec in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with around 76,000 inhabitants. Salina Cruz is the administrative seat of the municipality of the same name Salina Cruz .

With the construction of the coastal railway line between 1888 and 1893 , the city experienced a large increase in population, but the construction of the Panama Canal did not result in the hoped-for development into an important trading center.

Salina Cruz has a large port with a dry dock and an attached container port. The main industrial operation in the city is PEMEX , which completed its refinery in 1979 .

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