Santiago Yaitepec is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in southern Mexico, two kilometers southeast of Santa Catarina Juquila.

Wild fauna include opossum, skunk, armadillo, rabbit, snake and deer.

[1] Yaitepec is one of the centers of the Chatino people, related to the Zapotec but with a distinct language.

[2] The municipality selects its authorities under the Uses and Customs system, which lets indigenous communities conserve their traditional political structure.

Most of the women wear traditional dress, including colorful skirts and the richly embroidered blouses with unique local designs of bright flowers and animals.