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Oaxaca
Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the Federative Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 570 municipalities, of which 418 (almost three quarters) are governed by the system of (customs and traditions) with recognized local forms of self-governance. Its capital city is Oaxaca de Juárez. Oaxaca is in southwestern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Guerrero to the west, Puebla to the northwest, Veracruz to the north, and Chiapas to the east. To the south, Oaxaca has a significant coastline on the Pacific Ocean. The state is best known for its indigenous peoples and cultures. The most numerous and best known are the Zapotecs and the Mixtecs, but there are sixteen that are officially recognized. These cultures have survived better than most others in México due to the state's rugged and isolating terrain. Most live in the Central ...
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Oaxaca De Juárez
Oaxaca de Juárez (), also Oaxaca City or simply Oaxaca (Valley Zapotec languages, Zapotec: ''Ndua''), is the capital and largest city of the eponymous Administrative divisions of Mexico, Mexican state Oaxaca. It is the municipal seat for the surrounding Municipality of Oaxaca. It is in the Centro District, Oaxaca, Centro District in the Valles Centrales de Oaxaca, Central Valleys region of the state, in the foothills of the Sierra Madre at the base of the Cerro del Fortín, extending to the banks of the Atoyac River (Oaxaca), Atoyac River. Heritage tourism makes up an important part of the city's economy, and it has numerous colonial-era structures as well as significant archeological sites and elements of the continuing native Zapotec civilization, Zapotec and Mixtec cultures. The city, together with the nearby archeological site of Monte Albán, was designated in 1987 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is the site of the month-long cultural festival called the ''"Guelaguetza"'' ...
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Municipalities Of Oaxaca
Oaxaca is a state in Southwest Mexico that is divided into 570 municipalities, more than any other state. According to Article 113 of the state's constitution, the municipalities are grouped into 30 judicial and tax districts to facilitate the distribution of the state's revenues, although they may not currently function as per their intended purpose. It's the only entity in Mexico with this particular organization. According to the 2020 Mexican Census, it is the tenth most populated state with inhabitants and the 5th largest by land area spanning . Municipalities in Oaxaca are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico. Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president ( es, links=no, presidente municipal) by a plurality voting system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council () responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable ...
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Congress Of Oaxaca
The Congress of Oaxaca ( es, link=no, Congreso del Estado de Oaxaca) is the legislature of Oaxaca, a state of Mexico. The Congress is unicameral. Electoral system There are 42 seats, 25 deputies are elected with first-past-the-post in single-member districts and 17 are elected through proportional representation. The chamber is renewed every three years. Authority The laws and powers of the Congress are stated in Title 4, Chapter II of the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca. Location The Congress is located in the municipality of San Raymundo Jalpan in the metropolitan area of the city of Oaxaca de Juárez. See also * List of Mexican state congresses References Government of Oaxaca Oaxaca Oaxaca Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the Federative Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 570 municipa ...
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Municipalities Of Mexico
Municipalities ('' municipios'' in Spanish) are the second-level administrative divisions of Mexico, where the first-level administrative division is the '' state'' (Spanish: estado). They should not be confused with cities or towns that may share the same name as they are distinct entities and do not share geographical boundaries. As of January 2021, there are 2,454 municipalities in Mexico, excluding the 16 boroughs of Mexico City. Since the 2015 Intercensal Survey, two municipalities have been created in Campeche, three in Chiapas, three in Morelos, one in Quintana Roo and one in Baja California. The internal political organization and their responsibilities are outlined in the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution and detailed in the constitutions of the states to which they belong. are distinct from , a form of Mexican locality, and are divided into '' colonias'' (neighborhoods); some municipalities can be as large as full states, while cities can be measured i ...
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Alejandro Murat Hinojosa
Alejandro Ismael Murat Hinojosa (born August 4, 1975) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He was elected Governor of Oaxaca in 2016 and took office on December 1, 2016. Life Murat Hinojosa was born on August 4, 1975 in the State of Mexico; his father, José Murat Casab, was also a PRI politician who served as governor of Oaxaca from 1998 to 2004. In 2001, he obtained his law degree from the ITAM. He later received a master's degree in law from Columbia University. He served as an alternate deputy to the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress for the Federal District, and on October 28, 2004, he took the place of Jorge Ortiz Alvarado when he asked to resign. In his two years in San Lázaro, he presided over the Special Commission for Competitiveness and Regional Development and also served on the Communications Commission. From 2007 to 2009, he was the director general of the Institute of Registral Functions of the State of Mexico, w ...
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Mexico
Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the southern portion of North America. It is borders of Mexico, bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico covers ,Mexico
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making it the world's List of countries by area, 13th-largest country by area; with approximately 126,014,024 inhabitants, it is the List of countries by population, 10th-most-populous country and has the hispanophone#Hispanosphere, most Spanish-speakers. Mexico is organized as a federation, federal republic comprising 31 list of states of Mexico, states an ...
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Susana Harp
Susana Harp Iturribarria (born April 8, 1968) is a Mexican singer of traditional music. She currently serves as a senator in the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress, representing the state of Oaxaca. Biography Born in Oaxaca de Juárez, her mother is from Oaxaca and her father is Lebanese, from a very small community in Mexico. In her childhood she was a quiet girl, but always showed interest in music as she was influenced by her grandfather Jorge Fernando Iturribarria. At the age of 16 she started studying singing although she remained focused in her academic career until completing a degree in psychology. At the age of 22 she moved to Mexico City to continue her formal studies followed at Gestalt Psychotherapy and a Masters in NLP. Finally in 1996 she pursued a musical career with a project called "Xquenda" which was her first album with songs in two Mexican languages Otomi and Zapotec, and also in Spanish. As a result the "Xquenda Cultural Association" was founded ...
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Salomón Jara Cruz
Salomón Jara Cruz (born 15 September 1959) is a Mexican politician affiliated with National Regeneration Movement and serving as a senator in the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress from the state of Oaxaca. Under the PRD, he had previously been a senator of the LX and LXI Legislatures. He also served as Deputy between 1991 and 1994. He is the current Governor of Oaxaca The governor of Oaxaca (officially in Spanish ''Gobernador Constitucional del Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca'', in English ''Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca''), who is Alejandro Murat Hinojosa, heads the exec .... References 1959 births Living people Politicians from Oaxaca Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Morena (political party) politicians Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians 20th-century Mexican politicians 21st-century Mexican politicians Members of the Congress of Oaxaca Senato ...
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Armando Contreras Castillo
Armando Contreras Castillo (born 13 April 1968) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement serving as a federal deputy from Oaxaca and the third electoral region. From 2010 to 2012, he was a senator in the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Oaxaca Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the Federative Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 570 municipaliti ..., having been an unused alternate between 2006 and 2010 for Salomón Jara Cruz and being sworn in to replace Cruz when he left for the Oaxaca state government. References 1968 births Living people Politicians from Oaxaca Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians 21st-century Mexican politicians Morena (political party) politicians Municipal presidents in Oaxaca Benito Ju� ...
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List Of Cities In Mexico
This is a list of the Top 100 cities in Mexico by fixed population, according to the 2020 Mexican National Census. According to Mexico's National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), a locality is "any place settled with one or more dwellings, which may or may not be inhabited, and which is known by a name given by law or tradition". Urban localities are those with more than 2,500 residents, which can be designated as cities, villages or towns according to the laws of each state. The National Urban System, compiled by the National Population Council (CONAPO) in 2018, identifies 401 urban localities in Mexico with more than 15,000 residents as "cities". This list does not consider the entire population of metropolitan areas and is limited by political boundaries within each municipality or state. To see the full cities of Mexico go to Metropolitan areas of Mexico. Top 100 cities by population Only one state (Tlaxcala) has no cities in the Top 100. Mexico City conta ...
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Dios Nunca Muere (Himno De Oaxaca)
Dios Nunca Muere ( en, God Never Dies) is a Mexican waltz written by composer and violinist Macedonio Alcalá in 1868. Is the ''de facto'' anthem of the state of Oaxaca. Dios Nunca Muere has been sung by famous singers like Pedro Infante and Javier Solís. There are two versions of the creation of this waltz. The first says that was composed when Macedonio Alcala and his wife went through a precarious economic situation and also the composer was at risk of dying, then his friend Roberto Maqueo, seeing their plight, left him without him noticing 12 pesos in silver. The other version says that some Indigenous people from a nearby village visited him to ask for a waltz for the patron of his people, and paid 12 pesos in silver. It is said that when Alcalá received the money, sat on his bed and drew on a wall the first bars of the waltz, which later transcribed on paper; He called this waltz ''Dios Nunca Muere'' in gratitude that he had received help when he needed. To this composi ...
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Carol Antonio Altamirano
Carol Antonio Altamirano (born 13 December 1963) is a Mexican politician and lawyer affiliated with the PRD. He currently serves as Deputy of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Oaxaca Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the Federative Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 570 municipaliti .... References 1963 births Living people Politicians from Oaxaca Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians 21st-century Mexican politicians Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana alumni Municipal presidents in Oaxaca Members of the Congress of Oaxaca Deputies of the LXII Legislature of Mexico Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Oaxaca {{Mexico-politician-DemocraticRevolution-stub ...
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