Mitla
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History & heritageUNESCO World HeritageOaxaca City, Mexico

Mitla

Human settlement.

About

Mitla is the second-most important archeological site in the state of Oaxaca in Mexico, after Monte Albán, and the most important of the Zapotec culture. The site is located 44 km from the city of Oaxaca, in the upper end of the Tlacolula Valley, one of the three cold, high valleys that form the Central Valleys Region of the state. At an elevation of 4,855 ft (1,480 m), surrounded by the mountains of the Sierra Madre del Sur, the archeological site is within the modern municipality of San Pablo Villa de Mitla.

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Location

Open map: Mitla and 5 nearby attractions

16.91667, -96.40000 · Oaxaca City

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    42 km
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