San Pablo Guelatao is a town in the state of
Oaxaca,
Mexico, about 55 km from the city of Oaxaca. It is the birth place of Mexico's most famous leader, President
Benito Juarez. About 1810 (in Juarez's youth) it had a population of less than 100 people. In
2001 San Pablo Guelatao had an estimated population of about 1,200 people.
San Pablo Guelato is in the Sierra Madres[?] Mountains. The majority of the population are Zapotec Indians.