Nizagoche - Oaxaca

Facts about Nizagoche

Location of Nizagoche

Nizagoche is located in the municipality of San José Lachiguiri in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.344722
Latitude (dec): 16.418889

Height over sea level of Nizagoche

The locations medium height over sea level is 1600 meters.

Population in Nizagoche

The over all population of Nizagoche is 644 persons, 311 of them are male and 333 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 336 minors and 308 adults, with 45 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Nizagoche

644 inhabitants of the location Nizagoche in Mexico live in indigenous households. 539 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 115 people, while 422 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 13 citizens of Nizagoche.

Economic situation

In Nizagoche exist about 116 households.

Of these households 115 are common houses or apartments, 94 are without floor and about 4 consist of one room only.

110 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 4 are connected to the public water supply, 93 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 34 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Nizagoche

Besides the 143 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 12 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

128 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 178 persons did not finish the school. 44 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 14 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.