Teotitlán del Valle
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Teotitlán del Valle is a small village and municipality located in the Tlacolula District in the east of the Valles Centrales Region, 31 km from the city of Oaxaca in the foothills of the Sierra Juáre
Preciosa Sangre de Cristo Church
Plaque at church citing establishment date
Maundy Thursday procession in front of the church
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
Teotitlán del Valle
…of the gods." Its Zapotec name is Xaguixe, which means "at the foot of the mountain." Established in 1465, it was one of the first villages founded by Zapotec peoples in this area and retains its Zapotec culture and language. This village is considered to be one of the first that was founded by the Zapotecs around…
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)