Santiago Astata

Santiago Astata Municipality
Santiago Astata Municipality
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 15°59′N 95°40′W / 15.983°N 95.667°W / 15.983; -95.667
Country Mexico
StateOaxaca
Area
  Total
446.54 km2 (172.41 sq mi)
Elevation
30 m (100 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

Santiago Astata is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. It is part of the Tehuantepec District in the west of the Istmo Region. The name "Astata" means "place of herons".