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Oaxaca

1. a state of S Mexico, on the Pacific: includes most of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec; inhabited chiefly by Indians. Capital: Oaxaca de Ju?rez. Pop.: 3 432 180 (2000). Area: 95 363 sq. km (36 820 sq. miles)
2. a city in S Mexico, capital of Oaxaca state: founded in 1486 by the Aztecs and conquered by Spain in 1521. Pop.: 483 000 (2005 est.)
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Oaxaca

 

a state in southern Mexico, located chiefly in the Sierra Madre del Sur. Area, 95,400 sq km. Population, 2,015,000 (1970). Its administrative center is Oaxaca.

Oaxaca is one of Mexico’s most backward states. The slash-and-burn method of agriculture is widely used, and corn and beans are the main crops. Tropical fruit is cultivated on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and titanium ore is mined near Puerto Angel. There are canneries in Loma Bonita and a paper-and-pulp factory in Tuxtepec.


Oaxaca

 

a city in southern Mexico, in the Atoyac Valley. It is the administrative center of the state of Oaxaca. Population 117,000 (1970). The city is a transportation junction and a major commercial center. It has a food-processing industry and cottage industries producing pottery and leather articles.

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