Книга: Oaxaca: Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Guerrero, Puebla, Veracruz, Chiapas, Pacific Ocean, Valley of Oaxaca, Aztec, Venustiano Carranza

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Free and Sovereign State of Oaxacais one of the 31 states of Mexico, located in the southern part of the country, west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (the Isthmus of Tehuantepec includes the southeastern parts of Veracruz and Oaxaca). Oaxaca borders the states of Guerrero to the west, Puebla to the northwest, Veracruz to the north, Chiapas to the east, and the Pacific Ocean in the south.Oaxaca is the historic home of the Zapotec and Mixtec peoples, and contains more speakers of indigenous languages than any other Mexican state. The state is named for its largest city. With an area of 95,364 km? (36,820.2 mi?)[citation needed], Oaxaca is the fifth largest state in the Republic. According to the 2005 census it had a population of 3,506,821 inhabitants.