Santa María del Tule is a toun an a municipality in the Mexican state o Oaxaca. It is pairt o the Centro Destrict in the Valles Centrales region. It is locatit 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) SE o the ceety o Oaxaca on Heich-gate 190, passin the ceety an ruins o Mitla. The toun an municipality are namit for the patron saunt o the place, the Virgin Mary an “Tule” comes frae the Náhuatl wird “tulle” or “tullin” which means bulrush.