Colonia Sonora - Oaxaca

Facts about Colonia Sonora

Location of Colonia Sonora

Colonia Sonora is located in the municipality of San José Independencia in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.633611
Latitude (dec): 18.232778

Height over sea level of Colonia Sonora

The locations medium height over sea level is 80 meters.

Population in Colonia Sonora

The over all population of Colonia Sonora is 120 persons, 54 of them are male and 66 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 53 minors and 67 adults, with 15 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Colonia Sonora

120 inhabitants of the location Colonia Sonora in Mexico live in indigenous households. 108 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 40 people, while 67 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of Colonia Sonora.

Economic situation

In Colonia Sonora exist about 29 households.

Of these households 29 are common houses or apartments, 27 are without floor and about 8 consist of one room only.

21 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 17 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 7 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Colonia Sonora

Besides the 44 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 2 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

38 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 31 persons did not finish the school. 1 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 3 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 3 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 2 years.