Playa Chica - Oaxaca

Facts about Playa Chica

Location of Playa Chica

Playa Chica is located in the municipality of San Felipe Jalapa de Díaz in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.518333
Latitude (dec): 18.061389

Height over sea level of Playa Chica

The locations medium height over sea level is 87 meters.

Population in Playa Chica

The over all population of Playa Chica is 1196 persons, 560 of them are male and 636 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 601 minors and 595 adults, with 83 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Playa Chica

1196 inhabitants of the location Playa Chica in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1035 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 304 people, while 731 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 22 citizens of Playa Chica.

Economic situation

In Playa Chica exist about 242 households.

Of these households 239 are common houses or apartments, 103 are without floor and about 48 consist of one room only.

238 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1 are connected to the public water supply, 214 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 139 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Playa Chica

Besides the 266 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 20 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

142 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 463 persons did not finish the school. 45 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 21 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 56 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.