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
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)
Oaxaca
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Oaxaca, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, is one of the 31 states of Mexico. It is divided into 570 municipalities, of which 418 are governed by the system of usos y costumbres with r
Zapotec peoples
…The Zapotec (Valley Zapotec: Bën za) 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 population is estimated at 400,000 to 650,000, many of whom are monolingual…
The Benito Juárez National Park
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