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Oaxaca

City in Mexico
Oaxaca de Juárez, or simply Oaxaca, is the capital and largest city of the eponymous Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Oaxaca. Wikipedia
Elevation: 5,102′
Population: 300,050 (2014)
Elevation of seat: 1,555 m (5,102 ft)
Founded: 1532
Municipal Status: 1879
Named for: "Oaxaca" is a hispanicization of the Nahuatl place name "Huaxyacac"; "de Juárez" was added in honor of Benito Juárez