Oaxaca Folk Art, History

Geography & Climate: The Oaxaca's are located in Mexico. In Mexico there is a lot of different types of wilderness, such as volcanos, fresh water springs, deserts and many more. There are eight mountain ranges that split up Mexico into eight different planes called the altiplanos. The state of Oaxaca is the fifth largest in Mexico. It has a very diverse landscape.

Turtles: There are many species of turtles in Oaxaca. Turtles normally lay their eggs on the beach which is where they were born as well. They lay 200 eggs at a time. They put the eggs into a hole and then afterwards the cover it. The olive-ridley turtle is the most un-endangered. Killing turtles was officially banned from Mexico in 1990, but illegal hunting of turtles still happens.

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