Palo de Marca - Oaxaca

Facts about Palo de Marca

Location of Palo de Marca

Palo de Marca is located in the municipality of Huautla de Jiménez in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.862222
Latitude (dec): 18.098056

Height over sea level of Palo de Marca

The locations medium height over sea level is 1818 meters.

Population in Palo de Marca

The over all population of Palo de Marca is 427 persons, 209 of them are male and 218 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 219 minors and 208 adults, with 42 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Palo de Marca

394 inhabitants of the location Palo de Marca in Mexico live in indigenous households. 348 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 98 people, while 248 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of Palo de Marca.

Economic situation

In Palo de Marca exist about 80 households.

Of these households 87 are common houses or apartments, 43 are without floor and about 1 consist of one room only.

78 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 2 are connected to the public water supply, 77 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 40 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Palo de Marca

Besides the 100 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 6 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

99 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 106 persons did not finish the school. 19 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 4 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 14 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.