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Huatulco

Municipality and town in Oaxaca, Mexico

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Santa María Huatulco is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico.

It is part of the Pochutla District in the east of the Costa Region.

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Santa María Huatulco is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico.

It is part of the Pochutla District in the east of the Costa Region.

The meaning of Huatulco, or Guatulco Coatulco is, "where they worship the tree", referring to an ancient legend.

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