Santa Catarina Buenavista - Oaxaca

Facts about Santa Catarina Buenavista

Location of Santa Catarina Buenavista

Santa Catarina Buenavista is located in the municipality of Huautla de Jiménez in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.804444
Latitude (dec): 18.077222

Height over sea level of Santa Catarina Buenavista

The locations medium height over sea level is 1267 meters.

Population in Santa Catarina Buenavista

The over all population of Santa Catarina Buenavista is 638 persons, 281 of them are male and 357 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 275 minors and 363 adults, with 73 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Santa Catarina Buenavista

625 inhabitants of the location Santa Catarina Buenavista in Mexico live in indigenous households. 574 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 186 people, while 386 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 7 citizens of Santa Catarina Buenavista.

Economic situation

In Santa Catarina Buenavista exist about 151 households.

Of these households 154 are common houses or apartments, 112 are without floor and about 11 consist of one room only.

148 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 16 are connected to the public water supply, 139 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 26 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Santa Catarina Buenavista

Besides the 167 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 13 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

158 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 164 persons did not finish the school. 49 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 32 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 27 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.