| People | Mixtec ñuù savi, nayívi savi, ñuù davi, nayivi davi |
|---|---|
| Language | Mixtec sa'an davi, da'an davi, tu'un savi,.. |
| Country | Mixteca Ñuu Savi, Ñuu Djau, Ñuu Davi,.. |
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.[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.