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Oaxaca

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Oaxaca city (1990 pop. 212,818), capital of Oaxaca state, S Mexico. The city is officially called Oaxaca de Juárez. Situated in a valley encircled by low mountains, Oaxaca is a commercial and tourist center with gardens and many examples of colonial church architecture. The church and monastery of Santo Domingo de Guzmán is a national monument. Oaxaca is noted for hand-wrought gold and silver filigree, pottery, and sarapes that rank among the finest in Mexico. The city has two museums that feature pre-Hispanic art and a contemporary art museum, and the ancient Zapotec capital... Read more

Oaxaca
Oaxaca Pronunciation: wah-HAH-kah. Origin of state name: The name...The guaje tree is common throughout the state. Capital: Oaxaca de Ju á rez (wah-HAH-kah deh HWAH-rehs), named for...AM = noon Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). 1 Location and Size Oaxaca is located on the southern coast of Mexico. It is the ... Read more

Oaxaca
Oaxaca , state (1990 pop. 3,019,560), 36,375 sq mi (94,211 sq km), S Mexico, on the Pacific Ocean and its arm, the Gulf of Tehuantepec. Oaxaca is the capital. The northern part of the state is dominated by the Sierra de Oaxaca; there are deep tortuous valleys in the south and broad, open semiarid valleys... Read more

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	Once-volatile Oaxaca is now quietly appealing ; OAXACA, Mexico -- Poinsettias carpet the carefully tended gardens of Oaxaca's arch-ringed main plaza, where smoking wreckage and barricades...given way to the scent of coffee and mole sauce, two of Oaxaca's specialties. More than a year after police evicted protesters... Read more
	The local color of Oaxaca: a mixture of Spanish and Indian culture infuses some of Mexico's best colonial architecture. (Destination: Mexico).(Brief Article) ; Oaxaca, the capital of the state of the same name, sits 5,000...great civilizations are part of daily modern life, since Oaxaca is blessed with some of the most interesting colonial architecture...imprinted by 17 different native groups living in the Oaxaca Valley. These people still practice an ancient way ... Read more
	Oaxaca tenses for political strife ; OAXACA, Mexico -- The troubling signs emerged days before today's election in the poverty-stricken state of Oaxaca: a campaign-related killing, allegations of voter fraud...pressure tactics and outright vote buying. As the people of Oaxaca prepared to cast their ballots today, the PRI declared... Read more
	Protests paralyze Oaxaca and keep most tourists away. ; Byline: Jolayne Houtz OAXACA, Mexico _ Things turned desperate when...palapa-roofed roadside restaurant southeast of Oaxaca last month. Protesters had barricaded...stretch of the main highway between Oaxaca and the state of Chiapas to draw attention... Read more
	From Liberal to Revolutionary Oaxaca: The View from the South, Mexico 1867-1911 ; From Liberal to Revolutionary Oaxaca: The View from the South, Mexico 1867...result of long, personal experience of Oaxaca and a great deal of meditation on her...compromises necessary for the governing of Oaxaca. This was a time when two of Oaxaca's... Read more
	Oaxaca Subdued, But Not for Long ; ...All Things Considered (NPR) 10-30-2006 Oaxaca Subdued, But Not for Long Host: MELISSA...protests today in the Mexican city of Oaxaca, where thousands of people have again...had occupied streets and buildings in Oaxaca for months. The federalis moved in after... Read more
	Fox sends officers to halt unrest in Oaxaca ; OAXACA, Mexico -- Shop owners shuttered their businesses and demonstrators...office Dec. 1, had refused repeated requests to use force in Oaxaca even as the southern city slid into chaos. But gunbattles...carrying riot shields poured off of transport planes at Oaxaca's airport, which was closed to ... Read more
	The riches of Oaxaca ; Oaxaca is the quintessential Mexican city. Surrounded by green...richest manifestation of the nation's cultural diversity. Oaxaca is a medley of the formidable ceremonial centers of the...different experience each visit. To those on their first visit, Oaxaca is a paradise of good food, stunning vistas, Old ... Read more
	Seductive OAXACA Mexican city keeps its magic ; OAXACA, Mexico--Every fall, when the weather turns nippy, I go...Valle, the famous weaving center in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It's a cherished treasure, naturally dyed in soft browns...time I unfold it, memories fly out with the dust bunnies. Oaxaca (wa-HA-ka) first crossed my radar screen in 1975, ... Read more
	A CHANGE OF PESO; Don't expect the same old Mexico in Oaxaca. Old, yes. But not the same. ; ...just welcomed my wife, son and me to her Oaxaca home, and ushered us to seats in a formal...indeed told us. When he had come back from Oaxaca, Mexico, last summer after an August home-st...tourist routes we knew. Noah had painted Oaxaca as a place different from the Yucatan... Read more

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	Opponents try to KO Project OK (proposed trade agreement between the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake and the state of Oaxaca in Mexico).
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	Entregan artistas de Oaxaca, con Toledo a la cabeza, un pliego de peticiones culturales a Zedillo. (Francisco Toledo, pintor mexicano; Ernesto Zedillo, presidente de México)(TT: Artists from Oaxaca, with Toledo, deliver a list of cultural demands to Zedillo) (TA: Francisco Toledo, Mexican painter; Ernesto Zedillo, president of Mexico)

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