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MUSICA DE OAXACA

"Oaxaca, The Spirit of Mexico"

"OAXACA DE JUAREZ, OAXACA"

It has peaks almost 10,000 feet (more than 3,000 metres) high, caverns among the deepest in the world, virgin beaches, hidden jungles, and luminous valleys that house populations where, as a crucible, cultures of all people who once lived in its midst come together.

Oaxaca, the State Capital, declared Humanity’s Cultural Patrimony by UNESCO, owes its fame to the beauty and harmony of its architecture, the richness of its cultural traditions, the wide variety of its typical foods, and its soft temperate climate, spring-like throughout the year.

The Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca or simply Oaxaca is one of the 31 states of Mexico, is in the southern part of Mexico, west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Oaxaca borders the states of Guerrero to the west, Puebla to the northwest, Veracruz to the north, and Chiapas to the east. To the south Oaxaca fronts the Pacific Ocean.

Oaxaca has an area of 95,364 km; it is the fifth largest state in the Republic. In 2003 it had an estimated population of 3,597,700 people.

The state is located in the mountains and valleys of the Sierra Madre del Sur range

Oaxaca is the historic home of the Zapotec and Mixtec peoples. One of the Mexico's most famous heroes, President Benito Juarez, came from the Oaxacan village of San Pablo Guelatao. Other famous Oaxacans include Rufino Tamayo, Porfirio Diaz, Jose Vasconcelos, Francisco Toledo, Maria Sabina, J. Alberto Canseco Diaz, Major League Baseball player Vinny Castilla and many other writers, artists and politicians.

UBICACION GEOGRAFICA:

Coordenadas geográficas extremas, Al norte 18º39', al sur 15°39' de latitud norte; al este 93°52', al oeste 98°32' de longitud oeste

Porcentaje territorial: El estado de Oaxaca representa el 4.8 % de la superficie del pais.

Colindancias: Oaxaca colinda al norte con Puebla y Veracruz-Llave; al este con Chiapas; al sur con el Oceano Pacifico; al oeste con Guerrero.

Capital: Oaxaca de Juarez