Juchitán de Zaragoza

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Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza
Coordinates: 16 ° 26 '  N , 95 ° 1'  W
Map: Oaxaca
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Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza​
Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza on the map of Oaxaca
Basic data
Country Mexico
States Oaxaca
Municipio Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza
City foundation 1480
Residents 74,825  (2010)
City insignia
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Detailed data
surface 10.07 km²
height 20  m
Post Code 70000-70050
prefix 971
City Presidency Saúl Vicente Vázquez
Website juchitandezaragoza.gob.mx
Palacio Municipal of Juchitán de Zaragoza
Palacio Municipal of Juchitán de Zaragoza

Juchitán de Zaragoza (also Juchitán for short , officially Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza ) is a medium-sized city in the Mexican state of Oaxaca . It is located a few kilometers from the Pacific coast in the southeast of the country and is  the fourth largest city in the state with around 75,000 inhabitants - after the capital Oaxaca de Juárez , San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec and Salina Cruz . Juchitán de Zaragoza is the capital of the eponymous Municipios Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza .

Juchitán is best known in German-speaking countries through the book Juchitán - City of Women: From Life in Matriarchy (1994), published by the ethnologist and sociologist Veronika Bennholdt-Thomsen . In it Bennholdt-Thomsen reports that matriarchal structures exist in Juchitán and that men and women also take on changing gender roles . There is also a third gender ( muxes and marimachas). In Juchitán, according to her, women are almost exclusively employed.

sons and daughters of the town

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