Santiago Amatlán - Oaxaca

Facts about Santiago Amatlán

Location of Santiago Amatlán

Santiago Amatlán is located in the municipality of Asunción Nochixtlán in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.221667
Latitude (dec): 17.527500

Height over sea level of Santiago Amatlán

The locations medium height over sea level is 2300 meters.

Population in Santiago Amatlán

The over all population of Santiago Amatlán is 412 persons, 190 of them are male and 222 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 143 minors and 269 adults, with 97 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Santiago Amatlán

5 inhabitants of the location Santiago Amatlán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2 of the citizens 5 years and older, speak an indigenous language. The count of people who only speak an indigenous language without having knowledge of the Spanish language is 0 people, while 2 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 60 citizens of Santiago Amatlán.

Economic situation

In Santiago Amatlán exist about 120 households.

Of these households 121 are common houses or apartments, 50 are without floor and about 4 consist of one room only.

116 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 113 are connected to the public water supply, 115 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 14 own a washing machine and 72 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Santiago Amatlán

Besides the 38 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 5 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

35 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 164 persons did not finish the school. 80 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 15 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 17 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.