cities, towns & villages of Oaxaca, Mexico

In the sunny colonial city of Oaxaca, Mexico, diners at the upscale restaurant Los Danzantes might notice their fellow patrons drinking a brown, carbonated soda. It looks like Coca-Cola ... It's made in the nearby village Santa Ana Zegache, and these days, many Oaxacans are clamoring for it. Its creator, a ...

Strategically located between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean, Oaxaca state can become a gateway zone for investors from Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas, to assemble and transport goods. A special zone status granted by federal decree to the port city of Salina Cruz is also expected to ...

El Central is just one node in a hybrid web of long distance and city buses, collective taxis, and mototaxis–enclosed motor scooters with space for two or three in back–that connects the towns and cities of the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca with an efficiency, frequency, and economy that leaves states ...

Even as strong earthquakes have shaken the region, the centuries-old city of Oaxaca remains largely unrattled. ... one in the Rosary Chapel, and showcases everything from Oaxacan crafts — ornately carved alebrijes (whimsical wooden statues), indigenous textiles and traditional black pottery — to pop art, ...

Six months have passed since a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Mexico City, toppling 40 buildings and killing over 300, but the memory remains fresh. Condemned structures dot many neighborhoods, their facades crumbling. And after an earthquake 225 miles (362 km) away in Oaxaca state shook the ...

One of the poster boys for the trend is Alejandro Ruiz, whose Mexico City restaurant Guzina Oaxaca drew a rave review in The New York Times with its “chic interpretations of traditional classics.” Ruiz comes from the village of La Raya in the southern state of Oaxaca, where he grew up grinding corn and ...

Oaxaca City, the Capital of the State of Oaxaca is in central Mexico and is a World Heritage site and culturally rich city - renowned for its world-famous cuisine ... It has a lovely small town charm and we found the best way to enjoy this city was to wander around the picturesque cobbled streets in the historic ...

One of the poster boys for the trend is Alejandro Ruiz, whose Mexico City restaurant Guzina Oaxaca drew a rave review in The New York Times with its "chic interpretations of traditional classics." Ruiz comes from the village of La Raya in the southern state of Oaxaca, where he grew up grinding corn and ...

16, 2018, a powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico. ... Survey, the epicenter for this earthquake was in the town of Pinotepa Nacional, an impoverished municipality with a population of 31,900 mostly Black and ... This earthquake also set off shockwaves in Mexico City.

Now, the state is requesting emergency funds to supply food, shelter and health services in more than 30 municipalities that are still recovering from the Sept. 2017 earthquakes. At least 1,000 homes were damaged, according to Oaxaca Governor Alejandro Murat. Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera ...

MEXICO CITY — A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Mexico's southern Pacific Coast on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. ... and the governor of the state of Oaxaca to a town near the quake's epicenter crashed, the Oaxaca state prosecutor's office said in a statement cited by local ...

The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake originated about 225 miles south of Mexico City, near the town of Pinotepa in Oaxaca state. ... The Oaxaca state government said via Twitter the worst damage was in the towns of Pinotepa and Santiago Jamiltepec, and said shelters were opened for those ...

On the same day as the devastation in Mexico City last year, a smaller quake shook the same Oaxacan town where at least 90 people were killed by a 8.1-magnitude earthquake less than two weeks before, on Sept. 7. It was one of more than 4,000 smaller quakes the would closely follow the 8.1-magnitude ...

A press release by Codedi-Xanica said the activists attended a meeting with the governor of Oaxaca, Alejandro Murat Hinojosa, who called them to discuss issues regarding internal political processes in Santiago Xanica, where Ramirez is from. They left the city at 7 p.m. local time heading toward Oaxaca's ...

In Oaxaca, one will also find large soft, corn tortillas called blanditas, but the tlayuda is more than a tortilla: It's a symbol of Oaxacan culture. ... de tlayuda,” or tlayuda Friday, is ushering in new era of Oaxacan street food with artisanal blue corn and yellow corn tlayudas as good as you'll find in Oaxaca City.

Here you'll find artisan villages packed with maker families going back generations as well as modern art galleries; you'll taste heirloom masa and sample the menus of master chefs. National Geographic has designated the colonial city in southwestern Mexico as one of the top places to travel in 2018 and, ...

Many streets in neighborhoods surrounding the city's historic center have too many poorly installed speed bumps and traffic lights, the mayor said, and the latter lack the necessary technology to be synchronized. The day when motorists and public transportation users can get to their destination in time ...

Chapulines, or whole grasshoppers, are among the many authentic ingredients at Madre, an Oaxacan restaurant that opened last year where you can get the little ... “You find them everywhere in Oaxaca — in the city, the villages, everywhere in Oaxaca,” said owner Ivan Vasquez, as he popped a couple of ...

He said that tourist numbers are up by 3% compared to last year's figures, and that more than 105,000 visitors are expected to arrive in Oaxaca city, Huatulco and Puerto Escondido, generating revenues of over US $70.8 million. Optimism over the prospects for tourism is bringing new investment to the state ...

Ruiz Esparza also said that the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (SCT) is committed to restarting work on another stalled highway project that will improve the connection between Oaxaca city and the state's Isthmus of Tehuantepec region. The secretary said that 2.5 billion pesos (US ...