It is part of the Juchitán District in the west of the Istmo de Tehuantepec region.

El Rio Corte in Colonia Cuauhtemoc is a popular tourist spot, wide and with excellent beaches.

[4] According to the US Geological Survey, early on September 23, 2017, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck 12 miles southeast of Matías Romero.

On September 8, an 8.1 magnitude quake had struck off of the southern Pacific coast, near Chiapas state.

Mexico City, on September 19, then endured a 7.1 magnitude quake, which also marked the 32nd anniversary of the devastating 1985 earthquake, in which more than 10,000 people had been killed.