title: San Melchor Betaza
text: # San Melchor Betaza
  
  San Melchor Betaza is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 37 km². It is part of the Villa Alta District in the center of the Sierra Norte Region.
  
  As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 919. The inhabitants, who speak Zapotec.
  
  