Population: 3'432,180 inhabitants Surface: 95,364 km2
Density of population: 37 inhabitants I km2 Gentilicio: OaxHereno (informal),
Oaxaca (informal)
Capital: Oaxaca de Juarez
(formerly Antequera de Oaxaca)
Oaxaca is a state with traditions, with a glorious historico and proud past of Mexico. Located in the south of pais, she includes/understands the territory in which converge the Mountain range Mother of the South, the Mountain range Mother of Oaxaca and the mountain range that crosses. To the montanoso being, they form valley multitude, between which Oaxaca, Nochixtlan and Nelapa stand out. This furrowed by the rios Papaloapan, Coatzlacoalcos, Mixteco, Atoyac and river Tehuantepec.
The climate happens of the semiseco-semicalido one of valleys, to the humedo of the Eastern mountain ranges.
The Population distributes between rural means and the urban one, and from the demografico point of view the habitat is concentrated in cities like Oaxaca de Juarez (the capital), Juchitan de Zaragoza, Pretty Hill, Saline Cruz and San Juan Tuxtepec Baptist. Main the Pan-American highways and transismica are ways of communication.
The total population of Oaxaca ascends to 3,4 million inhabitants, which turns to the state of the federal organizations of pais with greater population density. According to data thrown by the censuses of 1990 and 1995, the population has grown to a rate of 1,2 % annual, is to say that in each kilometro square lives 35 oaxHerenos, whose age average is of 19 years and 51 % of the population is women.
In the regions of the state etnolinguisticos groups coexist 1: Amuzgos, Chatinc Chinantecos, Chocho, Chontal, Cuicateca, Huavl Ixcateco, Mazateco, Mixe, Nahuatl, Triqui, Zapotee Zoque and the Popolaca in extinction danger. Ca two million inhabitants are indigenous, qL means that 6 of each 10 oaxHerenos etnico group belongs algun.
54 % of the greater population of 12 anc is considered like economicamente active. And primary sector 39%, in secondary 14% and 33' in the tertiary one.
Oaxaca (like Chiapas, Guerrero and Puebla) are one of the organizations with greater Index of poverty of Mexico,
its average of its population has an average I four years of schooling and I is considered illiteracy of 27%. The wage minimo genel is of $19,04 pesos Mexican per day (equival to 2,2 daily euros or dolares of wage by eight hor of work; this data was taken from
project of cooperation presented/displayed by CIP RFM). In order to buy shoes we took months, because we gained 19 pesos and zapat is worth 250 pesos.
Oaxaca is divided in 8 regionc 30 districts and 570 municipalities that as well divid in agencies, agencies of police and rancherias. in the incomunicados and marginalized towns