Santiago Jamiltepec is a town, and the seat of surrounding municipality

Municipalities of Mexico

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 of the same name, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca

Oaxaca

Oaxaca , , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca is one of the 31 states which, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided into 571 municipalities; of which 418 are governed by the system of customs and traditions...

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It is located in the Jamiltepec District

Jamiltepec District, Oaxaca

Jamiltepec District is located in the west of the Costa Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico.-Municipalities:The district includes the following municipalities:*Mártires de Tacubaya*Pinotepa de Don Luis*Pinotepa Nacional*San Agustín Chayuco...

 in the west of the Costa Chica Region

Costa Region, Oaxaca

The Costa Region or Costa Chica lies on the Pacific coast of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, below the more mountainous Sierra Sur inland from the coast...

, 30 km east of Pinotepa Nacional

Pinotepa Nacional

Pinotepa Nacional is a city and seat of the municipality of the same name, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca....

 on Federal Highway 200, and 460 km southwest of state capital Oaxaca de Juárez.

The town

XEJAM-AM

XEJAM-AM

XEJAM is an indigenous community radio station that broadcasts in Spanish,Mixtec, Amuzgo and Chatino from Santiago Jamiltepecin the Mexican state of Oaxaca....

, a government-run community radio

Community radio

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 station

Radio station

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, broadcasting in Mixtec, Amuzgo, Chatino

Chatino language

The Chatino language is an indigenous Mesoamerican language, which is classified under the Zapotecan branch of the Oto-Manguean language family...

 and Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

, is located in Santiago Jamiltepec.

The municipality

In the 2005 INEGI census, the municipality reported a population of 17,206 inhabitants, of whom 4,155 spoke an indigenous language

Languages of Mexico

The government of Mexico recognizes 68 distinct indigenous Amerindian languages as national languages in addition to Spanish. According to the Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples and National Institute of Indigenous Languages [INALI], while 10-14% of the population identifies as...

, predominantly Mixtec.

As municipal seat, Santiago Jamiltepec has governing jurisdiction over the following communities:
Atotonilquillo Charco Nduayoo
Cuyuche, El Añil, El Guayabo, El Guineo, El Platanillo, El Santo, El Zapote Negro, El Zarzal, Emiliano Zapata (Chiapas), Espiga Verde, Finca la Natividad, La Comunal, La Esperanza, La Fábrica, La Huichicata, La Humedad, La Palmera, La Tuza, Las Palmitas, Los Cerreros, Nandayo, Parcela de Producción INI, Paso de la Reina, Patria Nueva, Piedra Ancha, Piedra Blanca, Plan de los Amates, Rancho la Isla, Rancho San Antonio, Río Viejo, San José de las Flores, San José Río Verde (La Boquilla), San Miguel de los Pinos, Santa Cruz Flores Magón, Santa Elena Comaltepec, and Unión Linda Vista