Juchitán de Zaragoza is an indigenous town in the southeast of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is part of the Juchitán District in the west of the Istmo de Tehuantepec region. With a 2020 census population of 88,280, it is the third-largest city in the state. The majority of the indigenous inhabitants are Zapotecs and Huaves. The town also serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality, with which it shares a name. The municipality has an area of 414.64 km2 and a population of 113,570, the state's third-largest in population.
The Town Hall. Damage from the 2017 earthquake is visible
Juchitán Municipal Palace
City Hall of Juchitan city
Oaxaca, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, is one of the 32 states that compose the Federative Entities of the United Mexican States. It is divided into 570 municipalities, of which 418 are governed by the system of usos y costumbres with recognized local forms of self-governance. Its capital city is Oaxaca de Juárez.
Effigy Head Brazier (500 BC – 200 BC)
Looking southwest over the site of Monte Albán
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, the motherchurch of the Oaxacan Archdiocese
Benito Juárez