Tierra Blanca - Oaxaca

Facts about Tierra Blanca

Location of Tierra Blanca

Tierra Blanca is located in the municipality of San Agustín Loxicha in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.578056
Latitude (dec): 15.951111

Height over sea level of Tierra Blanca

The locations medium height over sea level is 1323 meters.

Population in Tierra Blanca

The over all population of Tierra Blanca is 1296 persons, 647 of them are male and 649 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 652 minors and 644 adults, with 93 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tierra Blanca

1281 inhabitants of the location Tierra Blanca in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1063 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 139 people, while 919 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 11 citizens of Tierra Blanca.

Economic situation

In Tierra Blanca exist about 250 households.

Of these households 250 are common houses or apartments, 229 are without floor and about 12 consist of one room only.

244 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 18 are connected to the public water supply, 186 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 62 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tierra Blanca

Besides the 246 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 32 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

216 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 381 persons did not finish the school. 118 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 27 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 43 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.