San Cristóbal Amatlán
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.
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3,978.
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.
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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