Oaxaca, Mexico · North America
Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco sits on the route: 15 minutes from Santiago Nundiche.
Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco is a town located in Oaxaca, Mexico. With a population of 17,543, it is an important destination in North America.
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Tlaxiaco (Spanish pronunciation: [tlaˈxja.ko]) is a city, and its surrounding municipality of the same name, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is located in the Tlaxiaco District in the south of the Mixteca Region, with a population of about 17,450.
The city is formally known as Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco ("heroicRead more
city of Tlaxiaco") in honour of a battle waged there during the 1862–67 French invasion. Tlaxiaco [t͡ɬa.ˈʃia.ko] is a Nahuatl name containing the elements tlachtli [t͡ɬˈat͡ʃt͡ɬi] (ball game), quiahuitl [kiˈawit͡ɬ] (rain), and -co [ko] (place marker). It thus approximates to "Place where it rains on the ball court". Its name in the Mixtec language is Ndijiinu, which means "good view".
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Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco is located in Oaxaca, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 17.2687 latitude, -97.6803 longitude.
Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco has a population of approximately 17,543 people, making it a town in Mexico.
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