| San Cristóbal Amatlán | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
| Pushpin Label Position: | above |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mexico |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Mexico |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Oaxaca |
| Established Date: | 1715 |
| Area Total Km2: | 96.96 |
| Population As Of: | 2005 |
| Population Total: | 3978 |
| Timezone: | Central Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | Central Daylight Time |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | 16.3167°N -120°W |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation Ft: | 5,590 |
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.[2]
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3,978.[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.[4]