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Mitla

Mitla is one of the most important Zapotec archaeological sites in , second only to . The site is strange in that the modern town of San Pablo Villa de Mitla has grown in and around the ancient ruins, so that there are different archaelogical zones with ruins, sometimes blocks away from each other, all of which comprise the official Zona Arquelogica.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Zona arqueológica de Mitla - Grupo del Arroyo”

Mitla

Latitude
16.9259° or 16° 55′ 33″ north
Longitude
-96.3617° or 96° 21′ 42″ west
Open location code
7685WJGQ+88
Open­Street­Map ID
way 370074079
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q1366027
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Mitla” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Mitla”
  • Armenian: “Միտլա”
  • Catalan: “Mitla”
  • Chinese: “米特拉”
  • Chinese: “米特拉遗址”
  • Chinese: “米特拉遺址”
  • Czech: “Mitla”
  • Dutch: “Mitla”
  • French: “Mitla”
  • French: “Zone archéologique de Mitla”
  • Georgian: “მიტლა”
  • German: “Mitla”
  • Hebrew: “מיטלה”
  • Hungarian: “Mitla”
  • Italian: “Mitla”
  • Japanese: “ミトラ”
  • Lithuanian: “Mitla”
  • Mingrelian: “მიტლა”
  • Persian: “میتلا”
  • Polish: “Mitla”
  • Portuguese: “Mitla”
  • Russian: “Митла”
  • Slovak: “Mitla”
  • Slovenian: “Mitla”
  • Spanish: “Mitla”
  • Spanish: “Zona arqueológica de Mitla”
  • Swedish: “Mitla”
  • Turkish: “Mitla”
  • Ukrainian: “Мітла (місто)”
  • Ukrainian: “Мітла”
  • “Mitla”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Mitla”. Photo: Eddagar, CC BY-SA 3.0.