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	AllRefer.com - Oaxaca, state, Mexico, Mexico (Mexican Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		The northern part of the state is dominated by the Sierra de Oaxaca; there are deep tortuous valleys in the south and broad, open semiarid valleys and plateaus in the north.
		Except on the west and the north, the periphery of the state is tropical, the interior generally temperate.
		Sugarcane, coffee (of which Oaxaca is a leading national producer), tobacco, cereals, and tropical and semitropical fruits are grown; livestock is raised.
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	Oaxaca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mexican state of Oaxaca is in the south west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
		Oaxaca borders the states of Guerrero to the west, Puebla to the north west, Veracruz to the north, and Chiapas to the east.
		Oaxaca has an area of 95,364 km²; it is the fifth largest state in the Republic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oaxaca_(state) (401 words)

	The Mexico Network - Oaxaca State Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Known as "Tierra del Sol," the state of Oaxaca is blessed with mountains, lakes, and a beautiful coastline on the Pacific Ocean.
		The state is a prime tourism destination, combining the beaches of Huatulco, Puerto Escondido and Puerto Angel with colonial gems such as the city of Oaxaca and ancient archaeological wonders like Monte Albán and Mitla.
		Oaxaca's diverse population is made up of 17 ethnic groups: the Zapotecs, Mixtecs, Mixes, Chinantecos, Mazatecos, Chatinos, Huaves, Chontales, Zoques, Tacuates, Amuzgos, Triquis, Nahuas, Cuicatecos, Chochos, Ixcatecos, and descendants from African slave populations who live on the coast.
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	The Pacific Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico
		Oaxaca is known for its fl pottery, unique carved wood figures, coffee, cuisine, and is the source of the first chocolate brought to Europe.
		Oaxaca is the second poorest state in Mexico, next to its neighbor, Chiapas, yet it is rich in tradition, cuisine, culture, and natural beauty.
		Oaxaca [wah HAH cah] is the capital of the state of Oaxaca.
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	The State of Oaxaca, Mexico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The state, founded on February 3, 1824, lies along the southeast region of the Mexican Pacific, bordering the states of Puebla and Veracruz to the north, Chiapas to the east and Guerrero to the west.
		Oaxaca is divided into 570 municipalities, with a total population of some 3.3 million inhabitants, of which over two million are of indigenous groups.
		Oaxaca City - Capital of the State of Oaxaca, Oaxaca city is rich in colonial architecture as well as native crafts and culture.
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	Oaxaca : Oaxaca (state) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Oaxaca (pronounced "wuh-HA-kah") is the name of a state in Mexico, as well as the capital city of that state.
		The State of Oaxaca is in the south west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
		Oaxaca borders the Mexican states of Guerrero to the west, Puebla to the north west, Veracruz to the north, and Chiapas to the east.
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	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.
		The wildlife in Oaxaca state is as varied as its terrain and climate.
		The state of Oaxaca is the home of nesting beaches for several of the world’s species of turtle.
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	Oaxaca, Mexico - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		Oaxaca, Mexico, in full, Oaxaca de Juaréz, capital city of the state of Oaxaca in the highlands of the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains in southern Mexico.
		The state of Oaxaca is home to one of the largest Native American populations in Mexico.
		Oaxaca’s attractions include its shaded central plaza, known as the Zócalo, the covered walks and pedestrian-only streets that surround the square, and a wide variety of colonial architecture.
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	MEXonline.com Oaxaca Guide to Hotels, Restaurants, Travel, Art, Bed & Breakfast Inns, Tours, Shopping in Oaxaca, Mexico
		The State of Oaxaca is located in the southeast portion of the Mexican Republic, and has population of more than 3 million people.
		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".
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		The population of the state of Oaxaca is estimated at 3.7 million inhabitants.
		As capital of the state with the same name, the city of Oaxaca was settled in a sub-tropical valley surrounded by the high mountains of the Sierra Madre del Sur.
		In Oaxaca 184,000 workers or 14.50% of the workforce is insured with IMSS.
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	OAXACA - LoveToKnow Article on OAXACA
		by N. of the city of Oaxaca in a knot of sierras, San Felipe del Agua (10,253 ft.) standing on the eastern margin of the beautiful Oaxaca Valley, and the Cerro del Leone, south-west of Tehuantepec, the highest summit in the Sierra Madre del Sur.
		Tributaries of the Mescala drain the western quarter of the state, among which is the Atoyac or headstream of the Mescala, which rises in Tlaxcala, and flows across the state of Puebla.
		The streams flowing northward to the Gulf coast are the Coatzcoalcos and Papalopam with its tributary, the San Juan, all flowing across the state of Vera Cruz.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /O/OA/OAXACA.htm (564 words)

	Oaxaca, México - Southern Indigenous State (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The state borders the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Tehuantepec along its southern boundary, and the states of Chiapas to the east, Veracruz to the north, and Guerrero and Puebla to the west.
		The state's estimated population in 1995 was 3,224,270.
		By the 1980s and 1990s, Oaxaca was one of México's poorest states, having some of the nation's highest rates of illiteracy, malnutrition, and infant mortality, especially among its Native American population.
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	Oaxaca's Historic Center
		In Oaxaca you should be especially ready for happenings as so much life is lived in community and so many aspects are impromptu that you should spend your days in Oaxaca in a state of receptivity.
		She is the beloved patroness of the entire state of Oaxaca, and also a special devotion of fishermen who have given her gifts of pearls from their catch to grace her regal collection of robes embroidered in gold thread and set with precious stones and pearls.
		Oaxaca is the center of a state brimming with attractions concentrated in its capital, around the Zócalo, its magical main square.
	www.oaxacaoaxaca.com /historic-center.htm (4163 words)

	Go-Oaxaca \| Tourist Information
		Oaxaca is located in the southeast of the country.
		The city of Oaxaca (from the zapotec word Huxyácac), is a small city in which you will be able to walk through the streets of the historical center without problems; furthermore the principal atractions are located in an area 15 blocks around the Zocalo.
		Oaxaca, Mexico´s colonial city with the friendliest people is one of the best cities in the world for visitors.
	www.go-oaxaca.com (263 words)

	The Local Response to the Decentralization of Infrastructure in Oaxaca
		The differences between the state and federal level can be appreciated by looking at the patterns of federal investment and the state government development plan, which is the object of the fifth section.
		Oaxaca, located on the southern Pacific coast, is bounded on the north by the states of Puebla and Veracruz, on the South by the Pacific Ocean, and on the east by Chiapas.
		This occurred in spite of Oaxaca’s higher per-capita growth in GDP relative to the rest of the country, because O axaca was less affected by the debt crisis of the 1980s than the rest of the country (table 3).
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	Oaxaca Travel & Tourism Guide
		The Mexico State of Oaxaca (pronounced "Wah-HA-Ca") is located along the Pacific coast in the southern part of Mexico.
		Oaxaca is home to several important regional and national festivals including Guelaguetza in July which celebrates with traditional song and dance and dates back to prehispanic times when the cultures wished to please the gods in hopes of a bountiful harvest.
		The northern and coastal part of the state features tropical climates; the ravine areas and Yautepec consist of dry, desert-like weather while the City of Oaxaca and surrounding valley is near heaven year round.
	www.oaxacavacationinfo.com (756 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Big Earthquake Rocks Mexico
		A pool of blood on the sidewalk in downtown Oaxaca city marked the spot where 18-year-old Teresa de Jesus Garcia was killed by a stone cornice that fell from a building during the quake in this colonial-era city.
		State officials said four people were killed by collapsing buildings in rural communities.
		The Oaxaca governor's office reported 300 houses seriously damaged in that state, and said about 100 businesses were damaged in Oaxaca city, most in the historical center.
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	Oaxaca Facts and Trivia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The state of Oaxaca (wah-HAH-kah) is located on the southern Pacific coast of Mexico.
		This state of 36,371 square miles (about the size of Indiana), is mostly mountainous with wide, fertile valleys.
		Being one of the three poorest states in Mexico, the approximate 3,000,000 people have a life expectancy of 62 years and the Maternal/Infant mortality rate is 79%.
	www.life-mission.org /oaxaca.html (661 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.
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	Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient Churches
		In the narrow lands that lie between the Sierra Madre del Sur and the Sierra Oaxaqueña, and in the highlands of the Mixteca, the civilizations of the Mixtec, the Zapotec, the Aztec, and the Spanish clashed and compromised, bartered and built.
		The modern residents of Oaxaca are a people confident of their place in history, and of the value of the traditions they honor.
		In Oaxaca, the services usually involve the use of portable altars, or andas, on which the statue of the saint (called a santo) being revered is processed through the church, the churchyard, or, on great feast days, through the town.
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	Department of World Languages and Cultures: Study Abroad: Mexico
		The Oaxaca Program is an intense 10-week full immersion summer program offered exclusively by the Department of World Languages and Cultures to Humboldt State University students from all fields of study.
		Oaxaca is a state located in the South-eastern region of Mexico; it borders on the north with Veracruz and Puebla, Chiapas on the East, Guerrero on the West and the Pacific Ocean on the south.
		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.
	www.humboldt.edu /~wlc/stu_abr/oaxaca/mexico.html (479 words)

	Tour By Mexico ® - Oaxaca State --- 27
		Oaxaca is located in a tropical zone and its average temperature is of 29º C., though by it injured of its earthly the climates are very assorted.
		In the coastal region of the Pacific it is hot and dry: as in Yautepec, Putla, part of Huajuapan of León and Silacayoapan.
		Climate tempered in: the Valley of Oaxaca, Villa Alta and the mountainous region of Choapan, thus as part of Juxtlahuaca, Silacayoapan and Sola de Vega.
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	Mexico: 26 peasants killed in ambush in Oaxaca state
		The first versions of events circulated by the state government pointed to land disputes with the neighbouring community of Santo Domingo Teojomulco as the reasons behind the massacre.
		Given the scale of the massacre and the national and international interest it had attracted, the Oaxaca state prosecutor's office (PGJ) was quick to arrest 16 people from Santo Domingo Teojomulco for their links to the killings.
		In 1996 we saw the emergence of the EPR and later on of the ERPI, the main basis of which is in Oaxaca.
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	Viva Oaxaca Folk Art, saluting the culture of Oaxaca, Mexico. Shop our on-line store featuring whimsical Oaxacan ...
		It sits on the vast, mile-high plateau of the Oaxaca Valley, surrounded by the majestic Sierra Madre del Sur mountains.
		Oaxaca is known for its indigenous peoples, descendants of the Mixtec and Zapotec Indians.
		These remote towns dot the valleys and mountain-sides near Oaxaca City, and are nestled in the lowlands that border the lush Pacific Coast.
	www.viva-oaxaca.com (679 words)

	IYF -- Children and Youth in the State of Oaxaca
		The children and young people of Oaxaca live in very extreme and extreme poverty; they suffer even more than the rest of the population from the high degrees of marginality characteristic of rural Oaxaca.
		State indicators for employment, health, education, housing, and services are below the national average.
		After Chiapas, Oaxaca is considered the state with the second worst set of social indicators.
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	Guelaguetza
		Overlooking the present city of Oaxaca is the hill now known as the Cerro del Fortín from the location of Aztec garrisons there in the 15th century.
		In 1932 the city of Oaxaca celebrated the 400th anniversary of its designation by Carlos V as a royal city.
		Centeotl then takes her seat with the governor of the state and invited dignitaries (such as the President of the Republic, King and Queen of Spain, high officials and personalities from all over the world, guests of the governor for this fabulous spectacle) and the first delegation is introduced and the celebration begins.
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		Oaxaca) has the main goal of increasing attendance in primary education and providing nutritional services to young children and their mothers.
		Of the 570 municipalities in the State of Oaxaca, 65 percent of its mainly indigenous population migrate to various large, medium and small urban centers both within Mexico and in the United States.
		The States of Quintana Roo, Mexico, and the Federal District are the major poles of attraction of this migration, accounting for 43 percent of the total indigenous inter-state migration of the country.
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	Oaxaca, Oaxaca
		Oaxaca is the capital city of the state of Oaxaca and is located near the center of the state in a high mountain valley (5100'), with a population of about 250,000.
		On the south side of the zócalo is the state government building; on the north side is the Cathedral of Oaxaca which dates from 1535.
		Oaxaca has been a cultural center for centuries, so there is a lot to see.
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