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	Oaxaca City : Introduction \| Frommers.com
		The city is famous for its green building stone and for its own particular style of colonial architecture -- an adaptation to the frequent earthquakes that plagued the city in colonial times and still occasionally shake things up.
		Before the arrival of the Spanish, the central valley of Oaxaca was an important and populous region.
		Born in the village of Guelatao, north of Oaxaca City, Juárez was adopted by a wealthy Oaxacan family who clothed and educated him in return for his services as a houseboy.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/oaxacacity/0930010001.html (525 words)

	Oaxaca, Oaxaca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The city of Oaxaca, Oaxaca (formally: Oaxaca de Juárez, in honor of 19th-century president and national hero Benito Juárez, who was born nearby) is the capital and main city of the Mexican state of the same name.
		They had already founded a city in the neighbourhood, under the name of Antequera, on the basis of a charter from King Carlos V of Spain, but Cortés had successfully sought to have the entire Valle de Oaxaca declared as part of his personal marquisate, and to have the settlers removed.
		The major highways serving Oaxaca are Federal Highways 175 and 131, southwards to the Oaxacan coastal resorts; National Highways 190 and 125, southwest to Pinotepa Nacional, Guerrero; National Highways 190 and 130, to Mexico City; the autopista 150D/131D, offering a more rapid route to Mexico City; and National Highway 175 north to Veracruz, Veracruz.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oaxaca,_Oaxaca (1177 words)

	Oaxaca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Oaxaca borders the states of Guerrero to the west, Puebla to the northwest, Veracruz to the north, and Chiapas to the east.
		The settlement founded by the Spanish in 1521 as Segura de la Frontera, later known as Nueva Antequera, was officially raised to the category of a "royal" city in 1532 by decree of Emperor Charles V (Carlos I) with the name of Antequera de Guaxaca.
		Oaxaca is also known for producing mezcal, similar to tequila and sometimes with the worm inside the bottle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oaxaca (528 words)

	Exploring Oaxaca City \| Planeta
		Oaxaca was first called Antequera after a city in Spain, and this early name is given to numerous businesses.
		Antequera was re-christened Oaxaca in 1532, and the city quickly became one of the most important agricultural and trading centers in the region.
		Oaxaca City enjoys a pleasant climate year-round, though the hottest months are April and May. Expect a chance of rain between May and October.
	www.planeta.com /ecotravel/mexico/oaxaca/oaxacacity.html (624 words)

	MEXonline.com Oaxaca Guide to Hotels, Restaurants, Travel, Art, Bed & Breakfast Inns, Tours, Shopping in Oaxaca, Mexico
		The City of Oaxaca de Juarez (wa-HA-ka -day-hu-AR-ez), the state capital is located in the center of the state, between parallels 15° 42´ and 18 22´north latitude and 3° 42´and 16° 14´east longitude, Mexico meridian.
		The name Oaxaca (wa-HA-ka) comes from the Nahuatl word, "Huayacac" (oo-AYE-ahk-ahk), the roots of which are huaxin (huaje (goo-AH-ay), the seed pod of a tree common to the Oaxaca area), and Yacalt (top of the mountain or nose, or beginning), thus "the nose (or the top) of the guaje".
		The City of Oaxaca was given its charter by King Carlos V of Spain, in the year 1532.
	www.mexonline.com /oaxaca.htm (364 words)

	Tourist Attractions - Oaxaca
		Oaxaca City is only four and a half hours from Mexico City via the new highway.
		The Zócalo is decorated for street fiestas held for the city's teeming populace, especially for 23 December (the night of the Radish Festival), 24 December (Christmas Eve), and 15 September (the Grito de Dolores).
		In Oaxaca we received this influence at the end of the century during the Porfirio Díaz regime.
	www.oaxacamio.com /tourist_attractions/historical_center.htm (1639 words)

	Oaxaca Home
		The state of Oaxaca is the fifth-largest state in Mexico and is bordered by the states of Puebla and Veracruz on the north, Guerrero on the west, Chiapas on the east and by the Pacific Ocean on the south.
		At the center of the city is the Grand Plaza, one of the largest found in Mesoamerica and measuring roughly 900 ft by 600 ft (300 meters by 200 meters).
		The municipal cemetery in the city is brightly lit with the illumination of thousands of candles and there are many offrendas dedicated to the memories of the deceased.
	www.questconnect.org /Oaxaca_Mexico.htm (3754 words)

	Guide to Oaxaca
		The city was nearly destroyed by an earthquake in 1854, and it wasn't until the era of Porfirio Diaz that the city began to properly rebuild and start to grow again.
		Oaxaca is a city that retains a Spanish colonial feel, but which also reflects its indigenous heritage; they blend together wonderfully which is all part of this city’s charm.
		Oaxaca enjoys year-round, hot and dry weather (hot and humid on/near the coasts).The climate is ideal for taking part in a variety of outdoor activities and for taking in the local culture, architecture and scenery.
	www.mexperience.com /guide/colonial/oaxaca.htm (2166 words)

	Oaxaca, Oaxaca
		Oaxaca is a large city with numerous restaurants and is well-known for its regional cuisine.
		After a parade around the zócalo and through Oaxaca, celebrants return to their churches to prepare for the 'Misa de Gallo' (mass of the rooster), the first worship celebration of the Christmas feast.
		Highway 131 is the highway connecting Puerto Escondido to Oaxaca city.
	www.tomzap.com /coaxaca.html (4022 words)

	The Washington Times - Oaxaca & Guerrero
		Oaxaca's name comes from a Nahuatl word meaning "in the nose of the guajes,” an edible pod that grows on the guaje tree, because of an abundance of the guaje trees growing in the state.
		Oaxaca is where cultures cross and co-exist; it is where you can see chic French tourists, American college students and indigenous weavers all going about their business within feet of one another.
		The City of Oaxaca celebrates the legend of Donaji, a legendary Zapoteca figure in the city's history, on the two Mondays called "Mondays of the Hill" of the Guelaguetza.
	www.internationalspecialreports.com /archives/00/oaxaca/8.html (611 words)

	Oaxaca General Information, Oaxaca Mexico - go2oaxaca.com
		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.
		For this reason, some have called Oaxaca the city of the green temples and everyone admires the marbled effect acquired by churches after a rainy afternoon, as soon as the sun appears again.
		Oaxaca is the center of a state overflowing with attractions that express everyone’s best, in its capital city.
	www.go2oaxaca.com /geninfo_city_of_oaxaca.php (1351 words)

	The Valley of Oaxaca
		The valley is Y-shaped, with the Mitla valley extending east of the city, the Zimatlan valley to the south, and the Etla valley to the north-west.
		At the center of the Y is the city of Oaxaca and the hill of Monte Alban, with its ancient city, which rises 1000 ft above the floor of the valley.
		The modern city of Oaxaca is built on the site of an old Aztec military fort, Huaxyaca, and received the rights of a city, named Antequera, by royal letters patent of Charles V of Spain.
	catterall.net /oaxaca.html (3035 words)

	TONY BURTON - A DAY IN OAXACA: ONE OF THE NEW WORLD'S NICEST CITIES... IN MEXICO CONNECT
		Oaxaca is a city for everyone and one of the inevitable consequences of any stay there is the intermingling of the really wealthy, even aristocratic, with impoverished backpacking bohemians - in the markets, sitting around the plaza and in visits to the numerous archaeological sites nearby.
		The city and its plethora of superb buildings have often suffered minor damage as a result of the geological and social upheavals that have punctuated the seismic centuries since the Spanish first arrived.
		Oaxaca's single biggest annual party, in mid-July, has come to be known as La Guelaguetza, which is Zapotec for "offering" or "mutual help".
	www.mexconnect.com /mex_/travel/tonysarticles/tboaxaca4.html (3017 words)

	Trip to Oaxaca Mexico Photos
		The Oaxaca Catedral is to the north of the Zócalo and the Government Palace is to the south.
		Oaxaca is photogenic, but beautiful only in the starkest sense of the word.
		About three miles east of the Oaxaca city center near the village of San Antonio de la Cal. There is a lot of animal traffic along this road.
	www.southalley.com /oax2004.html (1179 words)

	Courage and Resistance in Oaxaca and Mexico City
		Courage and Resistance in Oaxaca and Mexico City -- It began on May 15 this year when teachers belonging to the 70,000 strong National Union of Education Workers in Oaxaca, Mexico took to the streets for the first time to press their demands to the state government to address their long-neglected needs.
		Oaxaca turmoil seen as warning to Mexico -- Initial demands of a moderate salary bump for Oaxaca's teachers have been replaced by calls for the state governor's resignation and sweeping economic and social changes in Mexico.
		The frustration is clearly showing among Oaxaca's merchants, restauranteurs, and hotel keepers who've announced a one-day strike on September 1 in protest and to demand the government end the strike that's cost them millions of dollars and closed down the city's lifeblood tourist industry.
	www.globalexchange.org /countries/mexico/update.html (4319 words)

	Oaxaca Hotel, Oaxacxa City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Oaxaca is a great place to do your shopping with a mix of traditional crafts and young designer work using traditional styles.
		The areas of the city that we recommend are the streets between the Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca and the Zocolo.
		Three valleys radiate from the city of Oaxaca: the Valle de Tlacolula, stretching 50km east; the Valle de Etla, 40km north; and the Valle de Zimatlan stretching 100km to the south.
	www.oaxaca-hotel.com /oaxaca.htm (282 words)

	Study Abroad in Mexico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Oaxaca is friendly and informal without the congestion of many metropolitan environments.
		In the heart of the city is the zócalo, a large plaza where public festivals are held and people meet, often lingering at a sidewalk café.
		Oaxaca is home to many research institutes and NGOs, and so provides many interesting opportunities for research and field work in a wide range of issues relating to Latin American studies.
	www.usc.edu /dept/LAS/overseas/programs/mexico/oaxaca (389 words)

	Oaxaca, Mexico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		There are tourists in Oaxaca, but they seem to blend in with the vibrant mix of cultures and languages here.
		It may be significant that many of the organised tours favor the out-of-town hotels, bringing their clients into the center for a rushed circuit of the sights and leaving the rest of us to relax in the zócalo in the evenings.
		(Oaxaca is a paradise for walkers and we can’t stress enough the advantages of staying in the city center).
	www.differentworld.com /mexico/places/oaxaca/oaxaca.htm (743 words)

	Museums in Oaxaca city, and community museums around Oaxaca
		It is located 34 kilometers from the City of Oaxaca on highway 190, and three kilometers from the small city of Tlacolula.
		Teotitlan is 28 kilometers from the City of Oaxaca, 4 kilometers before arriving at Tlacolula on highway 190.
		At an hour and a half trip from the City of Oaxaca, traveling on the new superhighway to Mexico City, is the town of San Miguel Tequixtepec.
	www.oaxacaoaxaca.com /museums.htm (1223 words)

	The Oaxaca Hotel Group: History of Oaxaca
		Oaxaca is the name of both a state in Mexico and that state's capital city.
		The city of Oaxaca, Oaxaca (formally: Oaxaca de Juárez, in honour of 19th-century president and national hero Benito Juárez, who was born nearby) is the capital and main city of the Mexican state of the same name.
		They had already founded a city in the neighbourhood, under the name of Antequera, on the basis of a charter from King Carlos V of Spain, but Cortés had successfully sought to have the entire Valle de Oaxaca declared as part of his personal marquisate, and to have the settlers removed.
	www.oaxaca-hotel-group.com /more-about-oaxaca/oaxaca1.htm (1103 words)

	Oaxaca's Tourist Guide
		Of all the markets in the capital city, maybe the most famous is the "20 de Noviembre" [20 of November], specialising in foods and much visited by Oaxacans and capable of seducing, as the indigenous markets, just through the different aromas.
		From Oaxaca is very easy to travel to great cities with pre-Hispanic wonders (Monte Albán, Mitla, Yagul, Lambityeco), Santa María de Tule and its millenary tree, and the towns where the magnificent former Dominican convents stand: Yanhuitlan, Teposcolula, Coixtlahuaca, Tamazulapan, Tlacochahuaya, or Tlacolula.
		Oaxaca is the centre of a state overflowing with attractions that express everyone’s best, in its capital city.
	www.oaxaca-travel.com /guide/brief.php?section=brief&lang=us&getdoc=true&atractivo=03.01.01.02 (1395 words)

	Oaxaca Travelogue - The City of Oaxaca
		From the moment we crossed Oaxaca's northern border, we got blessed with gorgeous landscapes, alternating arrid canyons and equatorial forests, dotted by century old villages overflowing of cultural wealth -- from its centuries-old craft traditions, vibrant fiestas and some of the most sabroso food south of the border.
		It took one full week just to visit Oaxaca's state capital - simply called Oaxaca City -, and often nicknamed "city of the green temples" in reference to its somptuous colonial churches, all sporting greenish baroque facades.
		But in Oaxaca, the most enjoyable activity is simply strolling the streets, lazing in its tree-shaded central square where Cafes spill out beneath broad arcades, where the town gathers for refreshment and gossip, serenaded by mariachi ballads, marimba-driven cumbias or a brass band that gives nightly concerts.
	www.mexicodoc.com /oaxaca (485 words)

	Oaxaca 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Oaxaca has a combination of rich traditions and culture, a variety of interesting and colorful festivals, breathtaking scenery and superb year round climate, making it an ideal location for all seasons.
		No trip to Oaxaca is complete without some time spent exploring a few of the region’s fascinating villages, and wandering through several of the area’s exotic native markets.
		Within a 50-kilometer (30 miles) radius of Oaxaca City are dozens of small towns, many of which specialize in a particular art tradition.
	www.goontour.com /Oaxaca2005.htm (535 words)

	Oaxaca travel guide - Wikitravel
		Oaxaca is a city in the state of Oaxaca in Mexico.
		Oaxaca is well-known for having one of the best Dia de Los Muertos festivals in Mexico, housed in and around the large candle-lit city cemeteries.
		Instituto Cultural Oaxaca - This is a nice school with a very lovely campus but it is most appropriate to university students who are in Mexico for course credit.
	wikitravel.org /en/Oaxaca_(city) (1307 words)

	Oaxaca City Churches \| Planeta
		Oaxaca City has numerous sanctuaries, many dating from the Colonial era.
		This is the city's oldest church and located north of the 20 de Noviembre Market.
		The conquistadores' arrival in Oaxaca is shown in paintings on the north wall.
	www.planeta.com /ecotravel/mexico/oaxaca/oaxacacitychurches.html (1177 words)

	Newsvine - U.S. Warns Travelers About Oaxaca City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		WASHINGTON — U.S. citizens were warned Thursday that increasing political violence in Oaxaca City, Mexico, might make the mountain resort too risky to visit.
		Oaxaca is a historic city in southern Mexico, west of the Yucatan Peninsula, that is popular with tourists.
		The department advised U.S. citizens with plans to go to Oaxaca City to consider "carefully the risk of travel at this time due to the recent increase in violence." The announcement remains effective until Sept. 24.
	www.newsvine.com /_news/2006/08/24/338687-us-warns-travelers-about-oaxaca-city (197 words)

	Spanish Abroad Inc. - Overview of the city of Oaxaca
		Oaxaca is a beautiful colonial city located a little over 300 miles south of Mexico City.
		The city 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 which is spring-like throughout the year.
		In and around the city itself, there are many different archaeological ruins, all of which are very well worth a trip.
	www.spanishabroad.com /mexico/oaxaca/city_overview.htm (521 words)

	Travel in Oaxaca - Mexico - America - History - WorldTravelGate.net®-
		According to Aztec tradition, Oaxaca was founded as Huasyacac in 1486, during the brief ascendancy of the Aztecs over the Mixtecs and Zapotecs.
		The City of Oaxaca contains both civilizations: on one side Monte Alban spiritual symbol of the ancient Mexico and on the other, the spiritual presence of the beautiful art and architecture of the missionaries, especially the Dominicans.
		The City of Oaxaca has a lot of traditions, festivals, customs, churches, markets and homes, as do the suburbs and villages around Oaxaca, which maintain the human dimension against the advances of the modern world.
	www.americatravelling.net /mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca_history.htm (412 words)

	Oaxaca Mio, The city of Oaxaca is one of the most beautiful colonial cities in Mexico - Hotels,maps,tourist information ...
		The capital of the State is the City of Oaxaca, located in the Central Valleys approximately 325 miles southeast of Mexico City.
		Oaxaca has two places declared by UNESCO as belonging to the Cultural Heritage of Mankind: the archaeological site of Monte Albán and the Centro Historico of Oaxaca City.
		Oaxaca is rich in traditions and customs and has the largest ethnic population found in the Republic of Mexico.
	www.oaxacamio.com (1081 words)

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