Oaxaca highlands

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geographical region mountainous region

The Oaxaca highlands are a mountainous region in southern Mexico known as a historic cultural heartland of Indigenous civilizations, including the Mixtec (Ñuu Savi) and Zapotec peoples.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Oaxacan highlands 2
Oaxaca cultural region 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
mountainous region ⓘ
climate temperate highland climate ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culturalRegionOf Mixtec people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zapotec people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ñuu Savi NERFINISHED ⓘ
economyActivity bean cultivation ⓘ
handicrafts ⓘ
maize cultivation ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
elevationFeature high plateaus ⓘ
intermontane valleys ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Mitla NERFINISHED ⓘ
Monte Albán NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBiodiversity endemic bird species ⓘ
endemic plant species ⓘ
oak forests ⓘ
pine forests ⓘ
hasCity Oaxaca City NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice Indigenous festivals ⓘ
traditional pottery ⓘ
traditional weaving ⓘ
hasDemographicCharacteristic high proportion of Indigenous population ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Mixtec people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Triqui people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zapotec people NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTransportationIssue rugged terrain ⓘ
historicallyInhabitedBy Mixtec people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zapotec people NERFINISHED ⓘ
influences regional cuisine of Oaxaca ⓘ
knownFor Indigenous cultures ⓘ
archaeological heritage ⓘ
mountainous terrain ⓘ
pre-Columbian history ⓘ
languageRegionFor Mixtec languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zapotec languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn southern Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity state of Oaxaca NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oaxaca NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oaxacan cultural area NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sierra Madre del Sur NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition Indigenous Mesoamerican religions ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
timePeriodSignificance Colonial period in Mexico ⓘ
pre-Columbian era ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mixtec people → culturalArea → Oaxaca highlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oaxaca cultural region
Ñuu Savi civilization → culturalRegion → Oaxaca highlands ⓘ
Cloud People → hasCulturalRegion → Oaxaca highlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oaxacan highlands
Sierra Juárez → partOf → Oaxaca highlands ⓘ
Sierra Norte de Oaxaca → partOf → Oaxaca highlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oaxacan highlands
Mixe languages → spokenIn → Oaxaca highlands ⓘ