The Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca (pronunciation: WA-HA-KA) is one of the 31 states of Mexico, located in the southern part of the country, west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (the Isthmus of Tehuantepec includes the southeastern parts of Veracruz and Oaxaca). Oaxaca borders the states of Guerrero to the west, Puebla to the northwest, Veracruz to the north, Chiapas to the east, and the Pacific Ocean in the south. Oaxaca is the historic home of the Zapotec and Mixtec peoples, and contains more speakers of indigenous languages than any other Mexican state >>> Wikipedia 123 next › last »