San Bartolomé Quialana is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 49.76 km². It is part of the Tlacolula District in the east of the Valles Centrales Region.

San Bartolomé Quialana
Municipality and town
San Bartolomé Quialana Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°54′N 96°30′W
Country	Mexico
State	Oaxaca
Area
• Total	49.76 km2 (19.21 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	2,485
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 2485.[1]

Women in the area wear traditional clothing.

Quialana is a Zapotec word that means "black rocks" or "blackened rocks." This is associated with the fact that there is a rocky hill in the area which is called Picacho or Yubda (in Zapotec, "Sun Rock).

Municipal President Victorino Gómez Martínez died on August 25, 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[2]

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