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4 unusual facts about Juchitán de Zaragoza


Graciela Iturbide

Her well known collection, "Señora de Las Iguanas", ("Our Lady of the Iguanas") was also shot in Juchitán de Zaragoza.

In 1979, Iturbide was asked by painter Francisco Toledo to photograph his village, Juchitán de Zaragoza, where the women were economically, politically, and sexually independent.

Juchitán de Zaragoza

On September 5, 1866, during the French invasion of Mexico, the indigenous people of Juchitán, Unión Hidalgo, San Blas Atempa, and Ixtaltepec defeated the Royal French Army stationed in Tehuantepec.

Natalia Toledo

Natalia Toledo Paz (Juchitán de Zaragoza, Oaxaca; 1968) is a Mexican poet in Spanish and Zapotec.


Azteca de Gyves

Azteca de Gyves (b. February 16, 1963) is a Mexican artist from Juchitán de Zaragoza in the state of Oaxaca.


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