San Cristóbal Amatlán
Municipality and town in Oaxaca, Mexico
16°19′N 96°24′W / 16.317°N 96.400°W / 16.317; -96.400![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png)
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(2005)
San Cristóbal Amatlán is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 96.96 km². It is part of the Miahuatlán District in the south of the Sierra Sur Region.[2]
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3,978.[3]
Amatlán Zapotec is spoken in the town; many residents are bilingual in Spanish. The town is located "at the foot of a very tall mountain" called Yiroos in Zapotec.[4]
References
- ^ Riggs, Sylvia. "Amatlán Zapotec (zpo)". Summer Institute of Linguistics in Mexico. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
- ^ "Oaxaca - San Cristóbal Amatlán". Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México (in Spanish). Retrieved 2014-03-10.
- ^ "San Cristobal Amatlán". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on June 3, 2007. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
- ^ Riggs, Sylvia. "Amatlán Zapotec (zpo)". Summer Institute of Linguistics in Mexico. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
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Municipalities of Miahuatlán District, Oaxaca
- Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz
- Monjas
- San Andrés Paxtlán
- San Cristóbal Amatlán
- San Francisco Logueche
- San Francisco Ozolotepec
- San Ildefonso Amatlán
- San Jerónimo Coatlán
- San José del Peñasco
- San José Lachiguirí
- San Juan Mixtepec, Miahuatlán
- San Juan Ozolotepec
- San Luis Amatlán
- San Marcial Ozolotepec
- San Mateo Río Hondo
- San Miguel Coatlán
- San Miguel Suchixtepec
- San Nicolás
- San Pablo Coatlán
- San Pedro Mixtepec, Miahuatlán
- San Sebastián Coatlán
- San Sebastián Río Hondo
- San Simón Almolongas
- Santa Ana
- Santa Catarina Cuixtla
- Santa Cruz Xitla
- Santa Lucía Miahuatlán
- Santa María Ozolotepec
- Santiago Xanica
- Santo Domingo Ozolotepec
- Santo Tomás Tamazulapan
- Sitio de Xitlapehua
See also Municipalities of Oaxaca