Yerba Santa - Oaxaca

Facts about Yerba Santa

Location of Yerba Santa

Yerba Santa is located in the municipality of San Juan Guichicovi in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -95.015833
Latitude (dec): 16.955556

Height over sea level of Yerba Santa

The locations medium height over sea level is 116 meters.

Population in Yerba Santa

The over all population of Yerba Santa is 241 persons, 108 of them are male and 133 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 115 minors and 126 adults, with 26 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Yerba Santa

237 inhabitants of the location Yerba Santa in Mexico live in indigenous households. 186 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 19 people, while 166 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 8 citizens of Yerba Santa.

Economic situation

In Yerba Santa exist about 64 households.

Of these households 63 are common houses or apartments, 13 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

60 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 57 are connected to the public water supply, 60 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 4 own a washing machine and 39 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Yerba Santa

Besides the 64 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 5 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

60 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 53 persons did not finish the school. 16 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 9 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 4 years.