2. 1.- It is the most ethnically and linguistically diverse state in Mexico.
2.- Oaxaca is home to two of the most important archaeological sites in
the world according to UNESCO: Mitla and Monte Alban, the important
capital of the Zapotecs.
3.- Monte Alban was preserved from the destruction of the Spanish
conquistadors because it was hidden under large blocks of earth and
nature.
4.- There are different names for the state of Oaxaca.
In Zapotec (Lula'a), Mixtec (Nunduva), Triqui (Yakweh), Mazatec
(Naxitzhe), Chocho (Kunchia) and Ixcatec (Chjul).
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3. 5.- Chapulines are available throughout Oaxaca. According to the myth,
whoever tastes the chapulines "will never leave Oaxaca", which means that
the visitor will always carry a part of the state inside him.
6.- Oaxaca comes from the Nahuatl "huáxyacac" which means "at the tip of
the huajes.
7.- Among the typical food of the state are cecina, Oaxacan tamales,
tlayudas, mole negro, chapulines, memelitas and guajes.
8.- Although this state is located in a tropical zone. there are temperatures
moderate at higher altitudes.
9.- Every July the Gulaguetza festival is held in the capital of Oaxaca, it is a
festival throughout Mexico that celebrates the indigenous origins of the
country.
4. 10.- It has a total of 1,431 species of terrestrial vertebrates
(including birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians),