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Oaxaca, Oaxaca

Oaxaca, Oaxaca
Administration
Full nameOaxaca de Juárez
Official nameOaxaca de Juárez
Settlement typeTown & Municipality
CountryMexico
StateOaxaca
Founded1532
Municipal Status1879
Government
Municipal PresidentLuis Julián Ugartechea Begué (PAN) (2011-)
Geography
Total Area33 sq mi (85.48 km2)
Elevation5101.7 ft (1555 m)
Demography
Total Population265006 (2005)
Seat258008
Other information
Time zoneCST (UTC-6)
Postal code (of seat)68000
Area code951

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:'Oaxaca is the name of both a state in Mexico and that state's capital city. This article is about the city/municipality. For the state, see Oaxaca.

The city and municipality of
Oaxaca de Juárez, or simply Oaxaca, is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of the same name (Oaxaca). It is located in the Centro District in the Central Valleys region of the state, in the foothills of the Sierra Madre at the base of the Cerro del Fortín extending to the banks of the Atoyac River. This city relies heavily on tourism, which is based on its large number of colonial-era structures as well as the native Zapotec and Mixtec cultures and archeological sites. It, along with the archeological site of Monte Alban, were named a World Heritage Site in 1987. It is also the home of the month-long cultural festival called the “Guelaguetza,” which features Oaxacan dance, music and a beauty pageant for indigenous women.

It is nicknamed "la Verde Antequera" (the green Antequera) due to its prior name (Nueva Antequera) and the variety of structures built from a native green stone. The name Oaxaca is derived from the Nahuatl name for the place, Huaxyacac, which was Hispanicized to Guajaca, later spelled Oaxaca. “de Juárez” was added in honor of Benito Juárez, who was a native of this state. The coat of arms for the municipality bears the image of the decapitated Donaji, who was an indigenous princess in the years immediately after the Conquest.

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World Heritage Sites in Mexico

North West|North West |
North CentralFranciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro * Historic Centre of Zacatecas * Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro * Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines * Protected town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco
WestAgave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila * Historic Centre of Morelia * Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara * Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of Californiaup|1 * Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserveup|1 * Islas Marías
EastEarliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetlup|1 * Pre-Hispanic City of El Tajín * Historic Centre of Puebla * Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan
South WestHistoric Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán * Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque * Nahá-Metzabok
South CentralArchaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco * Central University City Campus of the UNAM * Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetlup|1 * Historic Centres of Mexico City and Xochimilco * Luis Barragán House and Studio * Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserveup|1 * Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacán
South EastAncient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche * Historic Fortified Town of Campeche * Pre-Hispanic City of Chichén Itzá * Sian Ka'an * Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal

Mexican state capitals

Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes) * Mexicali (Baja California) * La Paz (Baja California Sur) * Campeche (Campeche) * Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Chiapas) * Chihuahua (Chihuahua) * Saltillo (Coahuila) * Colima (Colima) * Mexico City (DF) * Durango (Durango) * Guanajuato (Guanajuato) * Chilpancingo (Guerrero) * Pachuca (Hidalgo) * Guadalajara (Jalisco) * Toluca (Mexico State) * Morelia (Michoacán) * Cuernavaca (Morelos) * Tepic (Nayarit) * Monterrey (Nuevo León) * Oaxaca (Oaxaca) * Puebla (Puebla) * Querétaro (Querétaro) * Chetumal (Quintana Roo) * San Luis Potosí (San Luis Potosí) * Culiacán (Sinaloa) * Hermosillo (Sonora) * Villahermosa (Tabasco) * Cd. Victoria (Tamaulipas) * Tlaxcala (Tlaxcala) * Xalapa (Veracruz) * Mérida (Yucatán) * Zacatecas (Zacatecas)



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