Ciudad Ixtepec (syoo-DAHD eesh-TE-pek), city (1990 pop. 20,818) and township, Oaxaca, S Mexico, in Pacific lowland of Isthmus of Tehuantepec, 18 mi/29 km NE of Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, on RR; 16°32'N 95°10'W. Elev. 397 ft/121 m. Lumbering, processing, and agr. center (rice, sugarcane, coffee, tobacco, fruit, vegetables); sawmilling, coffee processing, sugar refining. Formerly San Jerónimo Ixtepec.
