San Cristóbal Amatlán

San Cristóbal Amatlán
Municipality and town
San Cristóbal Amatlán Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°19′N 96°24′W
Country	Mexico
State	Oaxaca
Area
• Total	96.96 km^2 (37.44 sq mi)
Elevation [1]	1,700 m (5,590 ft)
Population  (2005)
• Total	3,978
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

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

1. Riggs, Sylvia. "Amatlán Zapotec (zpo)". Summer Institute of Linguistics in Mexico. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
2. "Oaxaca - San Cristóbal Amatlán". Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México (in Spanish). Retrieved 2014-03-10.
3. "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.
4. Riggs, Sylvia. "Amatlán Zapotec (zpo)". Summer Institute of Linguistics in Mexico. Retrieved 2014-03-10.

External links

• Photos of San Cristobal Amatlán