About Oaxaca
Oaxaca, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, is one of the 32 states that compose the Federative Entities of the United Mexican States. It is divided into 570 municipalities, of which 418 are governed by the system of usos y costumbres with recognized local forms of self-governance. Its capital city is Oaxaca de Juárez.
Source: Wikipedia
Essential Information
Currency
Mexican peso (MXN)
Symbol: $
Language
Spanish
Phone Code
+52
International dialing code for Mexico
Driving
Drive on the right
Standard for Mexico
Region
Americas
North America
Safety in Oaxaca
Low Safety (Global Peace Index: 2.612)
About the Global Peace Index: Global Peace Index measures peacefulness on a scale of 1 (most peaceful) to 5 (least peaceful)
Things to See in Oaxaca
8 landmarks and points of interest
Basilica of Our Lady of Solitude
church building in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico
Church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán
church building in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico
Eduardo Vasconcelos Stadium
architectural structure
Estadio Benito Juárez
demolished stadium in Mexico
Estadio Tecnológico de Oaxaca
multi-use stadium in Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico
Monte Albán
pre-Columbian archaeological site in Mexico
San José Mogote
pre-Columbian archaeological site of the Zapotec
Zaachila
human settlement in Mexico
Source: Wikidata
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