Cerro Alto - Oaxaca

Facts about Cerro Alto

Location of Cerro Alto

Cerro Alto is located in the municipality of San José Tenango in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.639722
Latitude (dec): 18.148333

Height over sea level of Cerro Alto

The locations medium height over sea level is 1088 meters.

Population in Cerro Alto

The over all population of Cerro Alto is 257 persons, 129 of them are male and 128 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 123 minors and 134 adults, with 21 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Cerro Alto

257 inhabitants of the location Cerro Alto in Mexico live in indigenous households. 233 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 106 people, while 127 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of Cerro Alto.

Economic situation

In Cerro Alto exist about 56 households.

Of these households 53 are common houses or apartments, 51 are without floor and about 10 consist of one room only.

50 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 41 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 16 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cerro Alto

Besides the 88 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 5 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

86 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 60 persons did not finish the school. 3 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 4 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 12 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 2 years.