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Monte Albán
Monte Albán
is a large
pre-Columbian
archaeological site
in the
Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán
Municipality in the southern
Mexican
state of
Oaxaca
(17.043° N, 96.767°W). The site is located on a low mountainous range rising above the plain in the central section of the
Valley of Oaxaca
where the latter's northern
Etla
, eastern
Tlacolula
, and southern
Zimatlán
&
Ocotlán
(or Valle Grande) branches meet. The present-day state capital
Oaxaca City
is located approximately east of Monte Albán.
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