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Oaxaca City. The city and municipality of Oaxaca de JuÃ¡rez, or simply Oaxaca, is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of the same name. It is located in the Centro District in the Central Valleys region of the state, on the foothills of the Sierra Madre at the base of the Cerro del FortÃ­n extending to the banks of the Atoyac River.