Monjas - Oaxaca

Facts about Monjas

Location of Monjas

Monjas is located in the municipality of Monjas in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.636389
Latitude (dec): 16.367500

Height over sea level of Monjas

The locations medium height over sea level is 1530 meters.

Population in Monjas

The over all population of Monjas is 641 persons, 279 of them are male and 362 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 244 minors and 397 adults, with 89 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Monjas

16 inhabitants of the location Monjas in Mexico live in indigenous households. 14 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 0 people, while 14 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 27 citizens of Monjas.

Economic situation

In Monjas exist about 165 households.

Of these households 164 are common houses or apartments, 13 are without floor and about 7 consist of one room only.

139 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 41 are connected to the public water supply, 152 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 3 households to own a computer, 34 own a washing machine and 128 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Monjas

Besides the 106 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 9 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

84 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 228 persons did not finish the school. 72 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 36 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 37 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.