San Cristóbal Amatlán is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico.

It is part of the Miahuatlán District in the south of the Sierra Sur Region.

[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.

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