Asunción Ocotlán - Oaxaca

Facts about Asunción Ocotlán

Location of Asunción Ocotlán

Asunción Ocotlán is located in the municipality of Asunción Ocotlán in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.720833
Latitude (dec): 16.758889

Height over sea level of Asunción Ocotlán

The locations medium height over sea level is 1500 meters.

Population in Asunción Ocotlán

The over all population of Asunción Ocotlán is 3250 persons, 1467 of them are male and 1783 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1303 minors and 1947 adults, with 612 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Asunción Ocotlán

3153 inhabitants of the location Asunción Ocotlán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2784 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 171 people, while 2574 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 241 citizens of Asunción Ocotlán.

Economic situation

In Asunción Ocotlán exist about 860 households.

Of these households 795 are common houses or apartments, 576 are without floor and about 53 consist of one room only.

625 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 469 are connected to the public water supply, 726 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 5 households to own a computer, 116 own a washing machine and 538 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Asunción Ocotlán

Besides the 835 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 84 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

835 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1084 persons did not finish the school. 132 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 114 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 137 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.