San Pablo Guelatao

San Pablo Guelatao

San Pablo Guelatao is a town in the Mexican state of Oaxaca and the seat of the municipality of Guelatao de Juárez, about 55 km north of the city of Oaxaca, Oaxaca.Guelatao, as it is often called, is in the foothills of the Sierra Madre Mountains. The majority of the population are Zapotec Native Americans.

The town

It is the birth place of Mexico's most famous leader, President Benito Juárez. About 1810 (in Juárez's youth) it had a population of fewer than 100 people. In 2001 San Pablo Guelatao had an estimated population of about 1,200 people.

The town has a small museum dedicated to Juárez.

XEGLO, a government-run indigenous community radio station that broadcasts in Zapotec, Mixe and Chinantec, is based in Guelatao.

The municipality

As municipal seat, Guelatao has governing jurisdiction over the communities of Llano de la Cheta and Río Grande.


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