Mata de Caña - Oaxaca

Facts about Mata de Caña

Location of Mata de Caña

Mata de Caña is located in the municipality of San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.116667
Latitude (dec): 18.032222

Height over sea level of Mata de Caña

The locations medium height over sea level is 40 meters.

Population in Mata de Caña

The over all population of Mata de Caña is 584 persons, 296 of them are male and 288 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 241 minors and 343 adults, with 43 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Mata de Caña

72 inhabitants of the location Mata de Caña in Mexico live in indigenous households. 27 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 0 people, while 25 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 179 citizens of Mata de Caña.

Economic situation

In Mata de Caña exist about 142 households.

Of these households 142 are common houses or apartments, 15 are without floor and about 20 consist of one room only.

125 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 118 are connected to the public water supply, 136 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 3 households to own a computer, 76 own a washing machine and 128 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Mata de Caña

Besides the 44 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 11 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

51 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 195 persons did not finish the school. 91 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 33 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 20 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.