La Mixteca

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,..

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.

  1. ^ "Mixtec.org - About". Latin American Studies Department. San Diego State University. Retrieved 30 May 2017.