Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico

Oaxaca de Juárez, or simply Oaxaca, is the capital and largest city of the eponymous Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Oaxaca. It is 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 Atoya…
Oaxaca de Juárez, or simply Oaxaca, is the capital and largest city of the eponymous Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Oaxaca. It is 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.
  • Country: Mexico
  • State: Oaxaca
  • Founded: 1532
  • Municipal Status: 1879
  • Named for: "Oaxaca" is a hispanicization of the Nahuatl place name "Huaxyacac" · "de Juárez" was added in honor of Benito Juárez
  • Elevation of seat: 1,555 m (5,102 ft)
  • Postal code (of seat): 68000

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