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Place Name
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Villa de Zaachila
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Pronunciation
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VEE-yah dai SAH-ah-CHEE-lah
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Place Status (Type)
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town
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Population
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10,716 (1990)
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Location
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Oaxaca, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
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16°57'N
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Longitude
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96°45'W
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Villa de Zaachila
(VEE-yah dai SAH-ah-CHEE-lah), town (1990
pop. 10,716), Oaxaca, S Mexico, in Sierra Madre del Sur, on RR, and
7 mi/11.3 km S of Oaxaca; 16°57'N 96°45'W.
Cereals, sugarcane, tobacco, fruit. Pre-Columbian ruins are nearby.
Once capital of powerful Zapotec people. Formerly Zaachila, also Santa
Maria Zaachila.
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