Palomares - Oaxaca

Facts about Palomares

Location of Palomares

Palomares is located in the municipality of Matías Romero Avendaño in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -95.061111
Latitude (dec): 17.138611

Height over sea level of Palomares

The locations medium height over sea level is 125 meters.

Population in Palomares

The over all population of Palomares is 3547 persons, 1650 of them are male and 1897 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1636 minors and 1911 adults, with 328 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Palomares

2023 inhabitants of the location Palomares in Mexico live in indigenous households. 937 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 23 people, while 904 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 177 citizens of Palomares.

Economic situation

In Palomares exist about 851 households.

Of these households 835 are common houses or apartments, 96 are without floor and about 135 consist of one room only.

700 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 5 are connected to the public water supply, 776 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 21 households to own a computer, 144 own a washing machine and 598 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Palomares

Besides the 541 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 29 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

571 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 937 persons did not finish the school. 357 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 318 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 250 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.