Monte Albán

Monte Albán is a Zapotec and Mixtec archaeological site in the state of in , on a hilltop overlooking . This ancient city was the socio-political and economic center of the Zapotecs for nearly 1,000 years, a contemporary of Teotihuacán in central Mexico.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oaxaca and Cuilapan de Guerrero.

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is the colorful, delicious, and culturally-rich capital of the . Its historical city center, along with the archeological ruins of Monte Albán overlooking it, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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is a town and municipality located in the central valley region of in southern Mexico. It is 10 kilometres to the south of the capital city of Oaxaca on the road leading to , and is in the Centro District in the Valles Centrales region. is situated 5 km south of Monte Albán.

Monte Albán

Latitude
17.0438° or 17° 2′ 38″ north
Longitude
-96.76773° or 96° 46′ 4″ west
Elevation
1,919 metres (6,296 feet)
Open location code
769526VJ+GW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 26697628
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
3523047
Wiki­data ID
Q464899
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Monte Albán” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Monte Albán”
  • Arabic: “مونتي ألبان”
  • Arabic: “مونه ايه”
  • Aragonese: “Monte Albán”
  • Armenian: “Մոնտե Ալբան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Monte Alban”
  • Basque: “Monte Alban”
  • Basque: “Monte Albán”
  • Bengali: “মন্তে আলবান”
  • Bulgarian: “Монте Албан”
  • Catalan: “Monte Albán”
  • Cebuano: “Monte Alban (bukid sa Mehiko)”
  • Cebuano: “Monte Alban”
  • Chinese: “阿尔万山遗址”
  • Chinese: “阿尔班山遗址”
  • Croatian: “Monte Albán”
  • Czech: “Monte Albán”
  • Danish: “Monte Albán”
  • Dutch: “Monte Alban”
  • Dutch: “Monte Albán”
  • Esperanto: “Monte Albán”
  • Finnish: “Monte Albán”
  • French: “Centre Historique De Oaxaca Et Zone Archéologique De Monte Alban”
  • French: “Monte Albán”
  • Georgian: “მონტე ალბანი”
  • Georgian: “მონტე-ალბანი”
  • German: “Monte Albán”
  • Hebrew: “מונטה אלבאן”
  • Hungarian: “Monte Albán”
  • Italian: “Monte Albán”
  • Japanese: “オアハカ歴史地区とモンテ・アルバンの古代遺跡”
  • Japanese: “モンテ・アルバン”
  • Japanese: “モンテ＝アルバン”
  • Latvian: “Montealbana”
  • Lithuanian: “Monte Albanas”
  • Macedonian: “Монте Албан”
  • Maltese: “Monte Alban”
  • Maltese: “Monte Albán”
  • Mingrelian: “მონტე-ალბანი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Monte Albán”
  • Norwegian: “Monte Albán”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Monte Albán”
  • Persian: “مونته آلبان”
  • Polish: “Monte Alban”
  • Polish: “Monte Albán”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Albán”
  • Portuguese: “Sítio Arqueológico de Monte Albán”
  • Russian: “Монте Альбан”
  • Russian: “Монте-Альбан”
  • Serbian: “Monte Alban”
  • Serbian: “Monte Albán”
  • Serbian: “Монте Албан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Monte Albán”
  • Slovenian: “Monte Albán”
  • Spanish: “Monte Albán”
  • Spanish: “Montealbán”
  • Swedish: “Monte Albán”
  • Turkish: “Monte Albán”
  • Ukrainian: “Монте-Албан”
  • Ukrainian: “Монте-Альбан”
  • Vietnamese: “Monte Albán”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Monte Albán”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿尔班山遗址”
  • “Ātzompan”
  • “Monte Alban”

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