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.

[1] 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.

To the west, the Mixteca region is adjacent to the valleys of Morelos and the central portion of Guerrero.

Because of the presence of the major mountains of the Sierra Mixteca, communications with the rest of the country are difficult.

[2] The region is conventionally divided into three separate areas, defined by the prevailing height of the terrain:

The Sierra Mixteca, near Nativitas Monte Verde, in Oaxaca