Palo Gordo - Oaxaca

Facts about Palo Gordo

Location of Palo Gordo

Palo Gordo is located in the municipality of San José Tenango in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.725556
Latitude (dec): 18.112222

Height over sea level of Palo Gordo

The locations medium height over sea level is 1243 meters.

Population in Palo Gordo

The over all population of Palo Gordo is 118 persons, 60 of them are male and 58 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 56 minors and 62 adults, with 15 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Palo Gordo

118 inhabitants of the location Palo Gordo in Mexico live in indigenous households. 95 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 26 people, while 69 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of Palo Gordo.

Economic situation

In Palo Gordo exist about 27 households.

Of these households 26 are common houses or apartments, 26 are without floor and about 6 consist of one room only.

23 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 25 have access to electricity.

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

School and education in Palo Gordo

Besides the 27 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 0 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

26 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 38 persons did not finish the school. 3 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 0 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 5 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.