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Oaxaca State: The Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca or simply Oaxaca is one of the 31 states of Mexico, located in the southern part of Mexico, west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Oaxaca borders the states of Guerrero to the west, Puebla to the northwest, Veracruz to the north, and Chiapas to the east. To the south Oaxaca fronts the Pacific Ocean. Oaxaca has an area of 95,364 km²; it is the fifth largest state in the Republic. In 2003 it had an estimated population of 3,597,700 people. The state is located in the mountains and valleys of the Sierra Madre del Sur range. Oaxaca is the historic home of the Zapotec and Mixtec peoples. One of Mexico's most famous heroes, President Benito Juárez, came from the Oaxacan village of San Pablo Guelatao. Other famous Oaxacans include Rufino Tamayo, Porfirio Diaz, José Vasconcelos, Francisco Toledo, María Sabina, J. Alberto Canseco Díaz, Major League Baseball player Vinny Castilla and many other writers, artists and politicians. Oaxaca City: The city of Oaxaca, Oaxaca
(formally: Oaxaca de Juárez, in honor of 19th-century president
and national hero Benito Juárez, who was born nearby) is the capital
and main city of the Mexican state of the same name. It is located in the
Oaxaca Valley in the Sierra Madre del Sur Mountains, at an altitude of
about 1550 m (5000 feet). The important Monte Albán archaeological
site is close to the city.
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