Isthmus of Tehuantepec
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The Isthmus of Tehuantepec is an isthmus in Mexico. It represents the shortest distance between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean, thereby also making it the natural border between North Americ
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Zapotec peoples
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The Zapotec are an Indigenous people of Mexico. Their population is primarily concentrated in the southern state of Oaxaca, but Zapotec communities also exist in neighboring states. The present-day po
Isthmus of Tehuantepec
…one of the best wind resources in Mexico, with several wind farms. In the Oaxaca half of Tehuantepec, the population is composed mostly of indigenous Zapotec peoples. The women are the traders in the Oaxacan Tehuantepec area and do little menial work. Known as "Tehuanas", these women are known throughout Mexico for…
Niños Zapotecos del Istmo de Tehuantepec escuchando en su Lengua Zapoteca la Convencion Anual
Palace of Mitla, capital of the Zapotec civilization between the 8th and 14th centuries CE.
Statue of La Tehuana Zapotec Woman adorned in traditional Zapotec attire
Benito Juárez (1806–1872)