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OAXACA

Oaxaca City Info
by Ron Mader

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Find all the information you need in Oaxaca City.

INFORMATION PLEASE

INFO -- The state tourism office, SECTUR Oaxaca, at Murguía #206 is open. There is also a visitor's info desk inside the Oaxacan Painters' Museum, across from the Alameda Park.

The city tourism office's location is Hidalgo #1415.

Sources of information include local newspapers and magazine.

POST OFFICE -- The main post office is located at the corner of Calle Independencia and the Alameda Park, across from the Cathedral.

CHANGING MONEY -- There are several casas de cambio near the Zócalo. Banks usually have ATM machines.

EVENTS

new Oaxaca Calendars

BOOKSTORES

Amate Books, Macedonio Alcalá #307

Grañén Porrúa, Alcalá #104

Proveedora Escolar, Independencia #1001

LIBRARIES

Bibliotecas Infantil de Oaxaca (Oaxaca Children's Library) is located at José López Alavez #1342 in Colonia Xochimilco, across from Casa Robertita. Open Monday-Friday, 11am-7pm, Saturday-Sunday, 10am-7pm.

The Oaxaca Lending Library is located at Pino Suárez #519, one block south of Llano Park. Library hours: Monday-Friday, 10am-2pm and 4-7pm. Saturdays 10am-1pm.

The Welte Institute for Oaxacan Studies is located at Emilio Carranza #203 in Colonia Reforma. The library is free and open to the public from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm Monday through Friday.The library houses the most comprehensive and accessible bibliographic collection in Oaxaca on Oaxaca. There are more than 10,000 titles in English, Spanish and other languages.


VISITING?

LOCATION -- Oaxaca City is south of Mexico City and east of Huatulco, Puerto Angel and Puerto Escondido.

 

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