Mixteca of Oaxaca

Pueblos Mágicos in Mixteca of Oaxaca

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Places to visit in Mixteca of Oaxaca 48

48 places with their own page, grouped by kind.

Towns · 35 Villages · 6 Archaeological sites · 4 Landmarks and museums · 3

Towns

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  Chalcatongo de Hidalgo · Town · Oaxaca
  Mixtec town at 2,450 m in the Mixteca Alta, with cold dry weather and pine-oak hills; its Mixtec name Ñuundaya means 'place of the underworld'.
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  Concepción Buenavista · Town · Oaxaca
  Mixtec municipal seat at 2,124 m, 4.5 km from the Cuacnopalan-Oaxaca toll road; Immaculate Conception fiesta 7-9 December.
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  Ixpantepec Nieves · Town · Oaxaca
  Mixtec municipal seat at 2,100 m in the Silacayoápam district, 601 residents, with dirt roads to Juxtlahuaca and Silacayoápam.
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  Mesones Hidalgo · Town · Oaxaca
  Municipal seat in the western Sierra Sur next to Putla; festivals on 19 March (San José) and 18 April.
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  Putla Villa de Guerrero · Town · Oaxaca
  Sierra Sur town between the Mixteca and the coast at 744 m, known for the Carnaval Putleco and a mountain road from Oaxaca, Tlaxiaco and Pinotepa.
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  San Agustín Atenango · Town · Oaxaca
  Mixtec town of 1,315 at about 1,300 m in the Silacayoápam district, called Yojo Ndavi in Mixtec; nearly half the municipality speaks Mixtec.
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  San Cristóbal Suchixtlahuaca · Town · Oaxaca
  Mixteca Alta town at 2,080 m near Coixtlahuaca: a 1698 church, the San Cristóbal fiesta on the last Sunday of July, and 327 residents.
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  San Esteban Atatlahuca · Town · Oaxaca
  Mixteca town in pine-oak forest at 2,450 m: 547 residents, the Mascaritas carnival and the San Esteban fiesta on 3 August.
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  San José Ayuquila · Town · Oaxaca
  Mixtec town on the Puebla border at 1,549 m, known for its Santo Niño de Atocha pilgrimage every January 6.
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  San Juan Mixtepec Distrito 08 · Town · Oaxaca
  Mixtec seat at about 1,700 m in the Mixteca Alta; its Mixtec name, Ñuu Snuviko, means place where the clouds descend.
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  San Juan Teposcolula · Town · Oaxaca
  Mixtec village at 2,300 m, namesake neighbour of the convent town of Teposcolula, with a stone-faced church.
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  San Marcos Arteaga · Town · Oaxaca
  Mixtec seat at 1,455 m in the sierra southwest of Huajuapan de León, with about 1,100 residents.
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  San Martín Itunyoso · Town · Oaxaca
  Triqui municipal seat in the Mixteca at 2,616 m, with a clock tower and town hall facing a wide plaza.
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  San Martín Peras · Town · Oaxaca
  Mixtec municipal seat in the Juxtlahuaca district at 2,206 m, in one of the most indigenous municipalities of Oaxaca.
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  San Sebastián Tecomaxtlahuaca · Town · Oaxaca
  Mixtec municipal seat at 1,678 m near Juxtlahuaca, with a pale-blue church and the Laguna Encantada's sulphur springs, one cold and one hot.
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  Santa Catarina Tayata · Town · Oaxaca
  Seat of a 38 km² Mixtec municipality at 2,100 m near Teposcolula; 313 people in 2020 and a shared tequio with San Juan Achiutla.
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  Santa Catarina Ticuá · Town · Oaxaca
  Mixtec village in the Mixteca Alta at 2,250 m, known for palm crafts, mole amarillo and pulque, near Chalcatongo.
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  Santa Catarina Yutandú · Town · Oaxaca
  Mixtec village of about 190 people at 1,900 m: a 20 m stone church, goat barbacoa and a fiesta on 24 November.
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  Santa Cruz Tayata · Town · Oaxaca
  One of Mexico's smallest municipal seats: 114 people at 2,125 m; fiestas on the second Friday of Lent and 3 May.
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  Santa Inés de Zaragoza · Town · Oaxaca
  Mixtec municipal seat at 1,743 m in the Nochixtlán district; 237 people in 2020 and fiestas on January 21 and 22.
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  Santa Magdalena Jicotlán · Town · Oaxaca
  Mexico's least populous municipality: 81 people in 2020, at 2,179 m, with a mid-18th-century baroque church.
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  Santa María Apazco · Town · Oaxaca
  Mixtec town at 2,164 m in the Nochixtlán district: Purísima church, woven palm, and canyons with waterfalls and a cave in its municipality.
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  Santa María Ixcatlán · Town · Oaxaca
  The last town where Ixcatec is spoken, at 1,891 m in the Cañada: palm, hats, mezcal and an 18th-century church.
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  Santiago Huajolotitlán · Town · Oaxaca
  Mixtec town near Huajuapan with a church of Santiago Apóstol (1770-1840) and a fiesta on 25 July.
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  Santiago Yolomécatl · Town · Oaxaca
  Mixteca municipal seat at 2,140 m, next to Teposcolula, with a 1678 church, an 1710 town hall and a 1928 tower.
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  Santiago Yosondúa · Town · Oaxaca
  Mixteca seat at 2,199 m with a Sunday market, palm mats, mole negro and pulque, in the hills south of Tlaxiaco.
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  Santo Domingo Tonalá · Town · Oaxaca
  Mixtec town at 1,364 m in northwest Oaxaca, about 50 km from Huajuapan; woven palm and a fiesta calendar running January to December.
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  Santo Tomás Ocotepec · Town · Oaxaca
  Mixtec seat at 2,100 m near Tlaxiaco: Te kasiqui carnival, Santo Tomás fiesta 18-20 December, Friday market.
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  Silacayoápam · Town · Oaxaca
  Mixtec district seat at 1,650 m, with the San Pedro parish church, a villa since 1692 and about two hours by road from Huajuapan.
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  Teotongo · Town · Oaxaca
  Mixteca Alta village 6 km from Tamazulapan, with a baroque church of Santiago Apóstol and gilded altarpieces; fiesta on 25 July.
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  Tlacotepec Plumas · Town · Oaxaca
  Chocho-area seat in the Mixteca at 2,100 m in the Coixtlahuaca district; once Ihuitlán, a feather-tribute town of the Mexica.
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  Tlaxiaco · Town · Teposcolula
  The commercial hub of the Mixteca Alta, with a big Saturday market where Mixtec villages come to trade, and a large Dominican church.
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  Villa Tejúpam de la Unión · Town · Oaxaca
  Upper Mixteca town at 2,100 m with a 17th-century Santiago Apóstol convent, 24 km north of Teposcolula.
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  Yucuquimi de Ocampo · Town · Oaxaca
  Mixtec palm-weaving and maize town in the Mixteca Baja at about 2,060 m, with five barrios and fiestas on 31 August and 8 December.
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  Yutanduchi de Guerrero · Town · Oaxaca
  Mixtec municipal seat at about 1,650 m, known for palm petates, with the Asunción fiesta on 13-16 August and the Mascaritas dance.

Villages

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  Atalaya · Village · Oaxaca
  Rural community of Santiago Yosondúa at 2,620 m in the Mixteca, with 385 residents; summer rain and fog, winter frosts.
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  La Colmena · Village · Oaxaca
  Mixtec community at about 1,880 m beside San Simón Zahuatlán's municipal seat: 379 people in 2020, 82% of them speakers of an indigenous language.
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  San Juan Achiutla · Village · Oaxaca
  Mixtec municipal seat at 1,992 m among hills near the Cahuayande dam, known for its 27 December fiesta and its 24 December pastorela.
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  San Juan Copala · Village · Oaxaca
  Triqui community in the Lower Mixteca, an independent municipality from 1826 to 1948 and the setting of a long conflict; check conditions before going.
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  San Martín Huamelulpan · Village · Oaxaca
  Mixtec village at 2,226 m with a church holding a pre-Hispanic effigy and a community museum; the ruins have their own page.
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  Santiago Apoala · Village · Oaxaca
  A Mixtec farming village at the bottom of a canyon, with tall waterfalls, swimming pools, caves and trails run by the community.

Archaeological sites

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  Cerro de las Minas · Archaeological site · Oaxaca
  A Ñuiñe hilltop city on the north side of Huajuapan, lived in from about 400 BC to AD 800: terraces, plazas, a ball court and inscribed tombs.
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  Huamelulpan · Archaeological site · Teposcolula
  Early Mixtec ruins with carved stones and calendar glyphs in a village that keeps a small community museum.
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  Monte Negro, Tilantongo · Archaeological site · Oaxaca
  A Mixtec hilltop town of 300-100 BC on Cerro Negro, 500 m above Tilantongo, dug by Alfonso Caso; visits need the community's permission.
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  Yucuita · Archaeological site · Oaxaca
  Mixtec Formative-period site in the Mixteca Alta, occupied from the 14th century BCE to the 9th century CE; not set up for visitors.

Landmarks and museums

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  Coixtlahuaca · Landmark · Teposcolula
  A 16th-century Dominican convent with a carved Renaissance facade and one of the finest open chapels in Mexico.
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  San Miguel Achiutla · Landmark · Teposcolula
  Once the seat of a famous Mixtec oracle, now home to a restored 16th-century Dominican convent with colonial altarpieces and paintings.
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  Yanhuitlán · Landmark · Teposcolula
  A Mixtec town dominated by a fortress-like 16th-century Dominican church, with fine altarpieces and a restored colonial organ.

Top tours in Mixteca of Oaxaca

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