San Pedro Yaneri is a town and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Oaxaca Oaxaca, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of the Mexico, United Mexican States. It is divided into municipalities of Oaxaca, 570 munici ...

in south-western

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

. The municipality covers an area of 79.1 km². As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 943, of whom 807 spoke some indigenous language. The municipality is one of nine that make up the "Rincon de Ixtlán", the only one that is not also within the municipality of

Ixtlán de Juárez Ixtlán de Juárez is a town and municipality in the Mexico, Mexican state of Oaxaca about 65 km north of the city of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Oaxaca on Mexican Federal Highway 175, Federal Highway 175 towards Veracruz. It is part of the Ixtlán Dist ...

. It is part of the

Ixtlán District Ixtlán District is located in the Sierra Norte region, in the northeastern area of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. The district includes 26 municipalities, bringing together a total of 161 settlements. At the 2000 census, they contained a total of ...

in the Sierra Norte region.

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