San Pablo Guelatao is a town and the seat of the Municipality of Guelatao de Juárez, in the

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. It is part of the

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in the

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region. Guelatao, as it is often called, is in the foothills of the

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, a mountain range in the

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System. It is about 55 km north of the city of

The town

Guelatao is the birthplace of

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Benito Juárez Benito Pablo Juárez García (; 21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872) was a Liberalism in Mexico, Mexican liberal politician and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in office in 1872. As a Zapotec peoples, Zapo ...

, whose parents were Zapotec peasants. He was the first indigenous president of Mexico. When he was born, Guelatao had a population of fewer than 100 people, and fell under the jurisdiction of the larger neighbouring town of Ixtlán. Juárez was baptised in the parish church at Ixtlán, which is now known as Ixtlán de Juárez in his honour. Guelatao became an independent municipality in 1824, after Mexico gained independence from Spain. The town has a small museum dedicated to Juárez.

XEGLO XEGLO-AM/XHGJO-FM (''La Voz de la Sierra Juárez'' – "The Voice of the Sierra Juárez") is an indigenous community radio station that broadcasts in Zapotec, Mixe and Chinantec from Guelatao de Juárez in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is ...

, a government-run indigenous

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station that broadcasts in Zapotec, Mixe and

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, is based in Guelatao.

Demographics

In 2005 San Pablo Guelatao had 111 households, with a population of about 476 people. It is largely rural. The majority of the population are

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Zapotec.

The municipality

The Municipality of Guelatao de Juárez (named for the president) has governing jurisdiction over the communities of Llano de la Cheta and Río Grande. It is part of the

. San Pablo Guelatao is the seat of the municipality.

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{{Authority control Municipalities of Oaxaca Sierra Madre de Oaxaca Sierra Norte de Oaxaca

The town

Demographics

The municipality

See also

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