Oaxaca
state of Mexico
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Summary
Oaxaca is a state of Mexico[1]. Oaxaca ranks in the top 9% of state of mexico entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,152 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Mexico[3]
- Country: Mexico[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Pacific Ocean[5]
- Head of government: Alejandro Murat Hinojosa[6]
- Continent: North America[7]
- Capital: Oaxaca de Juárez[8]
- Shares border with: Chiapas[9], Puebla[10], Guerrero[11], Veracruz[12]
- Named after: Oaxaca de Juárez[13]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Santa María Tonameca Municipality[14]
- Legislative body: Congress of Oaxaca[15]
- Postal code: 68-71[16]
- Commons category: Oaxaca[17]
- Located in time zone: UTC−06:00[18]
- Inception: January 1, 1824[19]
- Coordinate location: 17.055, -96.65388888888889[20]
- Official website: http://www.oaxaca.gob.mx/[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Oaxaca[22]
- Commons gallery: Oaxaca[23]
- Population: 3,967,889[24]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Oaxaca[25]
- Office held by head of government: Governor of Oaxaca[26]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[28]
- Official name: Oaxaca[29]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Oaxaca[30]
- Category for people who died here: Q32007280[31]
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Physical Characteristics
Oaxaca covers an area of 93,793[32]. Oaxaca sits at an elevation of 1644[33].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Oaxaca include hebra cheese[34] and Tillandsia oaxacana[35], a taxon[36].
Why It Matters
Oaxaca has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Oaxaca is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]
Entities named for Oaxaca include hebra cheese[34] and Tillandsia oaxacana[35], a taxon[36].