Santa Cruz Xitla
| Santa Cruz Xitla | |
|---|---|
| Municipality and town | |
| Coordinates: 16°19′N 96°40′W / 16.317°N 96.667°W | |
| Country | Mexico | 
| State | Oaxaca | 
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) | 
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) | 
Santa Cruz Xitla is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of km2. It is part of the Miahuatlán District in the south of the Sierra Sur Region.
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3,933.
Municipal president Pedro Modesto Santos died of COVID-19 in September 2020. He was the eighth municipal president in Oaxaca to die of the virus.