Candelaria Loxicha - Oaxaca

Facts about Candelaria Loxicha

Location of Candelaria Loxicha

Candelaria Loxicha is located in the municipality of Candelaria Loxicha in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.491667
Latitude (dec): 15.925556

Height over sea level of Candelaria Loxicha

The locations medium height over sea level is 450 meters.

Population in Candelaria Loxicha

The over all population of Candelaria Loxicha is 1936 persons, 909 of them are male and 1027 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 879 minors and 1057 adults, with 173 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Candelaria Loxicha

1321 inhabitants of the location Candelaria Loxicha in Mexico live in indigenous households. 899 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 19 people, while 840 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 247 citizens of Candelaria Loxicha.

Economic situation

In Candelaria Loxicha exist about 401 households.

Of these households 380 are common houses or apartments, 108 are without floor and about 44 consist of one room only.

359 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 246 are connected to the public water supply, 370 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 18 households to own a computer, 41 own a washing machine and 251 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Candelaria Loxicha

Besides the 232 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 13 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

183 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 492 persons did not finish the school. 217 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 248 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 160 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.