Editing Oaxaca (section)

====Zapotecs====
The largest indigenous group in the state are the Zapotecs at about 350,000 people or about 31% of the total indigenous population.<ref name="1schmal"/><ref name="diversidad"/><ref name="perfilsoc"/> The Zapotec have an extremely long history in the Central Valleys region and unlike other indigenous groups, do not have a migration story. For them, they have always been here. Zapotecs have always called themselves Be'ena'a, which means The Cloud People. Zapotec territory extends in and around the Central Valleys region of the state, around the capital city of Oaxaca. The Zapotec language has historically been and is still the most widely spoken in the state, with four dialects that correspond to the four subdivisions of these people: Central Valleys and Isthmus, the Sierra de Ixtlan, Villa Alta and Coapan.<ref name="rincones22"/> Zapotec communities can be found in 67 municipalities. The various Zapotec dialects account for 64 of the total 173 still surviving forms of [[Oto-Manguean languages|Oto-Manguean]].<ref name="1schmal"/>