La Mixteca

La Mixteca is a cultural, economic and political region in Western Oaxaca and neighboring portions of Puebla, Guerrero in south-central Mexico, which refers to the home of the Mixtec people. In their languages, the region is called either Ñuu Djau, Ñuu Davi or Ñuu Savi. Two-thirds of all Mixtecs live in the region, and the entire national population of Mixtecs in Mexico was 500,000 in 1999.

PeopleMixtec
ñuù savi, nayívi savi,
ñuù davi, nayivi davi
LanguageMixtec
sa'an davi, da'an davi, tu'un savi,..
CountryMixteca
Ñuu Savi, Ñuu Djau, Ñuu Davi,..

The region covers some 40,000 km2 (15,000 sq mi) where two of the country's mountain ranges, the Neo-Volcanic Belt and Sierra Madre del Sur, converge.

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